- The National Sports Festival is Nigeria’s largest professional & amateur multi-sports event
- A bi-annual event created to discover and nurture Nigeria’s future sportsmen & women
- The Festival is in its 39th year and 18th edition
- 2012 edition to be hosted by Lagos State (Africa's commercial capital and 3rd largest city in the world)
- Host city with modern world-class infrastructure and a population of over 18 million.
- 12,000 Athletes & Officials expected from all 36 States and the FCT.
- 25 sporting events (20 compulsory + 5 optional)
- Over 250 million global audience
- Over 10 million local and international spectators expected over 12 days of the Festival
- 40,000 Volunteers
- Spectacular Opening & Closing ceremonies focused on rich & unique culture of Lagos
- A lasting Legacy that will extraordinarily reshape the future of Lagos
- 18th National Sports Festival aptly tagged ‘EKO 2012’
