Benin – Isoken Omo, an official at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), on Saturday in Benin assured of accommodation availability for all athletes, officials and visitors throughout the games’ period.

Omo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, that those not listed to be accommodated by the organisers would have for themselves “pocket-friendly” accommodation.

She disclosed that the committee was working in partnership with a number of hotels in the city for the purpose of the festival.

Omo, a Project Manager with the Accommodation Sub-Committee of the festival’s Local Organising Committee (LOC), disclosed that visitors would enjoy a 30 per cent discount with LOC’s partner hotels.

“The Acommodation Sub-Committee for the festival, just like other sub-committees, is ready for the festival.

“We have been ready for the games for over a year now, and we have been waiting for this day.

“What we have done is to arrange for hotels close to the venues, so that people will not find it difficult commuting between their hotels and venues for games.

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“Though I cannot say for now the exact number of rooms we have ready for our visitors, but I can assure that nobody will face any accommodation issue. There is enough to accommodate all.

“The games have national and international impact because we have those coming to see what is happening.

“For instance, we got a call from some Koreans who are coming just to observe,” she said.

NAN reports that the 20th NSF tagged Edo 2020, had suffered several postponements before it was finally fixed to hold from April 2 to April 14.

While the festival’s opening ceremony has been scheduled for Tuesday, contingent from the states have however started arriving in Benin since Friday.

NAN reports that 8,000 athletes, a figure scaled down from the initial 14,000, are expected to participate in the two-week festival.