Ogun state government named former Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Bukola Olopade as the chairman of the Local Organising Committee, LOC, for the 2024 National Sports Festival to be hosted in the state.

Unveiling the 16-man local organizing committee in Abeokuta, the state capital, The Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, noted that a sports enthusiast, Mr Tilewa Adebayo, will be the co chairman for the biennial event.

Mr Talabi explained that the LOC had been mandated to set up subcommittees, made up of various stakeholders to ensure a hitch-free exercise as well as deliver a world class sports festival in the country.

He pointed out that the unveiling of the committee was to reaffirm the readiness of the state government to hold the 2024 National Sports Festival.

Other members of of the committee are the two-time Olympic medalist,
Chief Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo, the Secretary-general of the local organising committee for the NSF Edo 2020, Dr Emmanuel Igbinosa, a n notable sports administrator, Dr Kweku Tandoh, as well as the renowned sports psychologist and head of the Department of Sports and Exercise Medical Sciences at University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana, Professor Oluwaseun Olanrewaju Omotayo,