7th December, 2012
The Local Organising Committee, LOC of the 18th National Sports Festival tagged ‘Eko 2012’ has disclosed that the closing ceremony would bring together top musicians in the country.
According to the Secretary General of LOC, Kweku Tandoh, among the artistes expected to perform at the closing on Sunday include, Tuface, Whizz Kid, Wande Cole and King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal ,KWAM 1.
According to Tandoh “The opening ceremony like closing ceremony of such event is usual a bit more carefree in terms of it being more fun, more of a party, more of a carnival atmosphere that notwithstanding the LOC is putting together a closing ceremony that would remain in the mind of Nigerians and even the rest of the world.
He stated further “Even before the official closing ceremony starts at about 6pm, we would have the gates open about 2pm and between that time and 6pm there will be a lot of entertainment and musical shows entertaining the crowd before the closing ceremony and after the closing ceremony, the party continues as there will be fireworks and other entertainments.
It is going to be an event we believe is going to stay in the mind of everyone that is available to see”.
He however said that for people hoping to watch events at Eko 2012 live, Tandoh said “Talking about seeing the festival, I would like to invite everyone to our website, www.eko2012ng.com’, “There is a feature on the website that allows you to view events as they are taking place live at many of the centers, most of the events are being streamed live that you can sit down in your home and use your phone, iphone or ipad.”