Following the official opening of the 20th edition of the National Sports Festival tagged Edo 2020, the University of Benin has witnessed a massive influx of visitors from all participating states of the country.
Athletes in their hundreds took time to settle down while some intensified their training and some events have already started.
Some games including tennis and judo had begun while actions continue Monday, the fifth April, 2021 in different games.
In one of the judo fights, Ilugbusi Ayodeji of Ekiti state beat his counterpart from Yobe state but lost to Delta state while Ekiti female judo, Agu Blessing lost to Anambra opponent.
In kickboxing, Ekiti state representative,Mujeeb Wahab won the first medal which was a bronze for the state in the 71kg category of kickboxing.
Actions continue Monday despite the Easter celebration.
Meanwhile, at the Covid19 tests center, it was hectic for medical personnel to attend to the crowd most of whom were impatient.
The compulsory tests were carried out not minding the ones earlier conducted back home at state levels while a few positive cases had been recorded.
Adherence to usage of face mask was below thirty percent by athletes and officials as most people either fail to use or use wrongly even in the midst of crowd.
Organizers of the games adopted a central feeding system where selected caterers cater for the food needs of contingent from each state after due process must have been followed by athletes and officials.
On security, there were a handful of police officers around the University premises with little or no work to do while accommodation was also provided within the University of Benin for all participants.
