EKO 2012 To Go Global

The Lagos State Government has promised that events of the National Sports Festival shall be made available for Nigerians in the Diaspora and the global audience.

This is coming on the heels of a partnership agreement with a live streaming outfit “Vodstreet.”

 Chairman of Media Publicity of Sub Committee, Wale Edun made this known in Lagos after consummating the deal with the service providers Crown Initiatives of Finland.

According to him, sports enthusiasts across the globe will have the opportunity of watching the festival and related contents live on their phones and various mobile devices like Blackberry phones, Ipads, Androids and on-line on the festival Internet domain www.eko2012ng.com.

He hinted that the highlights of any of the events they may have missed during sports fiesta could also be recalled on the website.

“This has never happened in the history of sports festival but it must happen now to underscore the point that Lagos is the “Centre of Excellence”.

He explained that Nigerians that will not be in the country should not entertain any fear as they would be able to watch and follow the games.

Edun added that, the committee is working very hard to ensure that Nigerians enjoy every minute of the games.

Meanwhile, media accreditation for the EKO 2012 Games officially came to a close on Monday, October 15 and the media accreditation committee has started the collation of applications.

According to the officials, an estimate of two hundred media accreditation was made, applications have hit over four hundred and the media committee is currently rethinking its strategy to accommodate more media organizations including the foreign media which has shown unprecedented interest in covering the games.