Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki received the Unity Torch of the 20th National Sports Festival at the Government House in Benin City.
The Governor received the torch from the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, represented by the ministry’s South-South Director of Sports, Peter Nelson.
Receiving the torch, Obaseki described the NSF as a rallying point for the country, adding that it must be sustained.
The Governor added that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, life must go on, and urged Nigerians to learn to live with it.
Obaseki later passed the torch to the Deputy Governor and the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Philip Shaibu, for onward transmission to the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, main venue of the festival.
