OBASEKI TO FLAG OFF 2024 OLYMPIC DAY RUN IN BENIN City

.... As Yussuf Alli Urges Residents' Participation 

The Edo Sports Commission has announced the participation of the Edo State sports family in this year's Olympic Day celebration.

The Olympic Day is celebrated worldwide every June 23 but this year's exercise which

has as its theme “Lets Move and Celebrate”

will hold  on Saturday,June 29 in Benin.

The Chairman,Edo State Sports Commission Olympian Yussuf Alli confirmed that Edo State is participating in the 2024 Olympic Day Run during a meeting with the Heads of Departments of the Commission on Thursday.

 He called on all Edo residents to participate in the exercise. He also directed the coaches and secretaries of all the Sports Associations in Edo State to mobilize their athletes for the global event. 

According to the programme of events as approved by the Ag. Permanent Secretary, Edo State Sports Commission Dr Igbinosa Emmanuel, the Chairman of Oredo Local Government Dr Tom Obaseki will flag off the race at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium at 7.30am. 

Participants  are expected to gather at the stadium by 7:00 AM and take off immediately. 

The Chairman of Oredo Local Government and the Chairman of the Sports Commission will lead the runners  through Akenzua Road; Plymouth Road, King Square(Ring Road)through Oba Market Road, Zabayor Street and round off the exercise at the stadium,where certificate of participation will be presented to the participants.

Dr Igbinosa added that the first One Hundred Participants at the stadium will be provided with a branded T-shirt to wear for the race. 

This year's Olympics Day celebration with the theme 'Lets Move and Celebrate ' according to the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach aims to ignite a collective passion for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games  by encouraging people to get active and feel connected through sports.