Joel Ajayi
Accreditation of athletes, coaches officials and media for the Niger Delta Sports Festival ,NDSF, commenced yesterday afternoon at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo.
To ensure a seamless process, the organisers set up points to attend to each state, media and members of the Local Organising Committee and Main Organising Committee as well as invited guests.
Akintunde Akinsemola, one of the leaders of the Ondo State delegation that arrived Sunday night expressed satisfaction with the process and commended the organisers for ensuring that there were no unnecessary delays in getting identified and attended to.
“The process was orderly as tents were provided for us with seats and those responsible for the issuance of the tags were well prepared, picking up names from their system and briskly attended to registered persons”, Akinsemola stated.
Harry Iwuala, the Chairman of the NDSF Media Sub-committee, explained that a lot of planning was made to ensure that every category of participants had a pleasant experience.
“The Organising Committee is peopled with experienced sports administrators, media practitioners and former international athletes who have over the years attended global sports events. So, they brought their experience to bear on the process.
“Just as plans have been made to ensure that athletes and officials would not be distracted by any forms of discomfort in the course of participating, we made sure that accreditation which is the first point of contact with the games on arrival is hitch-free”, Iwuala said.
Most of the state contingents are expected on Tuesday, April 1 and their accreditation will be completed on their appearance at the centre.
