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2025 NSF: Ogun Athletes protest, block venues over unpaid allowances

Posted : 28 May 2025

Athletes representing Ogun State at the ongoing National Sports Festival have launched a protest over the non-payment of their allowances, disrupting scheduled events and blocking access to key competition venues in Ogun State.


The protesting athletes obstructed the entrance of the Games Village situated at Babcock University in Ilishan-Remo.


“Team Ogun athletes are protesting the non-payment of allowances and have blocked the entrance of the Games Village at Babcock University in Ilishan-Remo.


This may jeopardize the events this morning, as athletes are prevented from proceeding to competition venues at the MKO Abiola Sports Arena in Kuto and the Alake Sports Centre in Ijeja. The most affected are the cycling contingent, whose events were supposed to start at 8 a.m.”


He further added that the protest could throw the day’s lineup of events into disarray.


The Sports Commissioner could not be reached at the time of this report.


The source also described the situation as a major embarrassment for the host state.


This comes barely four days after media reported that Nigerian athletes competing in the 10,000m final at the ongoing Sports Festival were forced to run in darkness after the floodlights at the newly renovated MKO Abiola Stadium suddenly went off mid-race.

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