Edo 2020 Sports Festival was the 20th edition of the Nigerian National Sports Festival, a biennial multi-sport event organized by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Sports Commission for athletes from the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
History The National Sports Festival was first held in 1973 in Lagos State. The festival has always been celebrated with the aim of fostering unity and harnessing talents in the different states of Nigeria.
The festival is also known to be called Nigerias version of the Olympic Games. The festival for 2020 was the 20th edition of the competition and it was hosted at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo State.
Festival activities The National Sport Festival tagged Asaba 2022 was scheduled to hold from April 4, 2020, to April 15, 2020.
The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, opened the festival by encouraging athletes to put in their best during the tournament.
The official Mascot for this year's event is Erin which means "strength" in the Edo language.
As part of the opening event, Nigerian musician Timi Dakolo performed one of his hit songs titled One Nation. More than 10,000 athletes are expected during the festival.
Host selection Edo state was awarded the hosting right for the 20th edition after the 19th edition of the competition came to an end in Abuja. This was announced by the Minister of Sport, Barrister Solomon Dalung.
Tournament medal table At the end of the 20th edition, team Delta topped the medal table winning 158 gold medal, 116 silver medals and 110 bronze medals.
Team Edo came second and this was closely followed by Team Bayelsa who came third at the end of the festival.
+ Final Medals Standing States Gold Silver Bronze Total Position Delta 158 116 110 384 1st Edo 129 104 108 341 2nd Bayelsa 56 55 58 169 3rd Rivers 33 34 61 128 4th Lagos 32 40 54 126 5th Oyo 31 30 42 103 6th Akwa Ibom 20 24 44 88 7th Ogun 16 23 39 78 8th Kano 11 22 33 66 9th Imo 10 13 26 49 10th Ondo 10 9 25 44 11th Cross River 9 6 15 30 12th Plateau 8 13 16 37 13th Abia 7 12 12 31 14th Kwara 7 6 31 44 15th FCT 6 15 16 37 16th Anambra 6 8 21 35 17th Kaduna 4 5 19 28 18th Nasarawa 4 3 12 19 19th Bauchi 3 3 6 12 20th Niger 3 2 7 12 21st Enugu 3 1 3 7 22nd Ekiti 2 3 8 13 23rd Borno 2 3 5 10 24th Osun 1 5 2 8 25th Ebonyi 1 3 6 10 26th Kogi 1 3 5 9 27th Gombe 1 1 7 9 28th Benue 1 1 1 3 29th Zamfara 1 0 2 3 30th Jigawa 1 0 0 1 31st Yobe 0 5 2 7 32nd Kastina 0 4 7 11 33rd Kebbi 0 1 5 6 34th Adamawa 0 0 1 1 35th Sokoto 0 0 3 3 36th Taraba 0 0 0 2 37th Total 577 574 814 1965
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