The National Sports Commission (NSC) has announced host states for the 2028 and 2030 National Sports Festivals.
According to a media release made available to the press on Friday, the 2028 Games will be held in Bayelsa State, while the 2030 Games will be hosted in Kaduna State, as revealed by the Press Office of the NSC in a release dated 28 November 2025.
Hosting the games in 2028 will mark the first time the National Sports Festival will be staged in Bayelsa state, while staging the games in Kaduna in 2030 will mark the third time the state will be hosting the festival after the 1977 and the 2009 games.
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Director General of the NSC, Hon Bukola Olopade, noted that the governments of both states have shown the required commitment and readiness to stage the Country’s biggest domestic sporting competition.
“We are glad that we have made the Sports festival attractive again, where states are now showing serious interest in hosting.
“This is as a result of how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has prioritised the Sports sector under his administration.”
“Part of our RHINSE( Renewed Hope Initiative for Nigerian Sports economy) agenda is to revamp and rebrand the National Sports festival in terms of structure, organisation, and standardisation as it is obtained with major international sporting competitions like the Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games”.
“The 2025 National Sports Festival in Ogun State was adjudged the best ever games in the history of the festival but we are raising the bar further with the 2026 Games in Enugu and now the 2028 and 2030 games in Bayelsa and Kaduna states, respectively,” the onetime Sports Commissioner in Ogun State added.
The release on Friday was signed by Dr. (Mrs.) Kehinde Ajayi, FCAI, ANIPR Director, Press National Sports Commission (NSC).
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