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National Sports Festival: Eko 2012 The National Sports Festival (NSF) was conceived as a socio-psychological initiative to rebuild the psyche of the Nigerian Nation which was traumatized by civil war in the late 1960s. The Sports Festival actually started in 1973 and has been running till date. Except in 1983, 1987, 1993 and 1995, the festival has been religiously held biennially as a multisports festival. The National Sports Festival has become a veritable instrument for National Unity, cohesion, peace, mutual understanding, friendship, cross-cultural affiliation as well as other positive values. So far, 17 editions of the NSF have come and gone, the last one hosted by Rivers State, and each contributing to the promotion of the spirit of the Games toward National Development. The 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012” started on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 and ended Sunday, December 9, 2012 in Lagos State. Objectives of the NSF: The promotion of mass participation in sports from the grassroots level throughout the country. The promotion of keen and healthy competition amongst the competitors under an atmosphere of sportsmanship and friendly interaction with a view to enhancing and strengthening national unity. Identification of talents for further development. The provision of opportunities for hosting states to acquire and upgrade sports facilities. The promotion of socio-cultural integration thereby enhancing national unity. 18th NSF, Lagos - EKO 2012 Statistics / Facts The following Sports were featured: ATHLETICS BADMINTON BASKETBALL BOXING CHESS CRICKET CYCLING FOOTBALL GYMNASTICS HANDBALL HOCKEY JUDO KICKBOXING SCRABBLE SQUASH 3 Special Sports: SWIMMING TABLE TENNIS Para-Athletics TAEKWONDO Para-Powerlifting Para-Table Tennis TENNIS TRADO-SPORTS VOLLEYBALL WEIGHTLIFTING WRESTLING 18th NSF, Lagos - EKO 2012 Statistics / Facts A total of 9,502 Athletes participated in the festival with 1,392 Coaches 68% (6,427) of Athletes were Male, 32% Female A total of 1,424 medals were won The three Sports with the most events are Special Sports (52), Athletics (45), Kickboxing (34) Total Gold medal won 423, Silver (422), Bronze (579) Civil Servants and Students accounted for over 60% of participants Athletics (893), Special Sports (861), Trado-Sports (740), Football (486) and Kickboxing (482) had the highest number of athletes Lagos had the highest number of Athletes (742), Rivers (689), Delta (652), Ogun (542) and Edo (484) 18th NSF, Lagos - EKO 2012 Statistics / Facts Delta state won the highest Medals (288), with 114 Gold, 99 Silver and 75 Bronze medals Rivers state was 2nd with 217 Medals while Lagos states emerged 3rd with 182 medals At least 3 of 7 Delta Athletes won a medal. Less than 3 of 10 Rivers state Athletes won a medal, while less than 2 of 13 Lagos state Athletes won a medal Ebonyi had the least number of Athletes, 70, Jigawa (72), Kebbi (80), Sokoto (89), Nasarawa (100) Data for Age range, though available but were inconsistent Sports & Focus State According to the law of competitive advantage; Countries (as well as Individuals) are advised to stick to their area of competitive advantage, areas where they can achieve excellent results with minimal effort. Similarly, some States have been known for specific sports; as a result they excel effortlessly. These Sports can be identified and invested in with the aim of achieving greater results at the World stage – Olympics! The next slides profiles each game and the respective States that won medals; this simply help identify States where such sports are practiced and results achieved with less efforts. Sports & Focus State: Athletics Sport Event State Athletics 1,500M Abia, Plateau, Cross River, Lagos, Rivers 10,000M Bauchi, Lagos, Delta 100M Cross River, Edo, Ogun, Ondo, Rivers, Delta 100M Hurdles Rivers, Cross River 20km Walk Race Delta, Imo, Rivers, Ogun 3,000M Steeple Chase Jigawa, Cross River 400M Edo, Rivers, Ekiti, Ogun, Rivers 400M Hurdles FCT, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Imo 5,000M Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Lagos, Delta Sports & Focus State: Athletics No. Sport Event State Discuss Ondo, Rivers, Delta Hammer Rivers, Delta, Ondo Heptathlon Rivers, Lagos, Delta High Jump Rivers, Delta, Javelin Anambra, Benue, Delta, Enugu, Benue Long Jump Rivers, Lagos, Delta Marathon Cross River, Bayelsa, Abia, Nasarawa Shot Put Akwa Ibom, Delta, Abia, Rivers Triple Jump Enugu, Delta, Rivers, Ekiti Sports & Focus State: Badminton No. Sport Badminton Event State Doubles Edo, Kwara, Lagos, Rivers, Delta, FCT, Taraba Mixed Doubles Delta, Rivers Singles Delta, Kwara, Oyo, Rivers, Rivers, FCT Basketball No. Sport Event State Female FCT, Lagos, Rivers Male Plateau, Rivers, Oyo Sports & Focus State: Boxing Sport Boxing Event State +81kg Bayelsa, Delta, Ogun, Ondo +91kg Benue, Ogun, Lagos, Delta 48kg Borno, Cross River, Ogun, Edo 49kg Edo, Oyo, Lagos, Ogun 51kg Delta, Ogun, Lagos, Edo 52kg Ondo, Bauchi, Enugu 54kg Abia, Imo, Lagos, Ogun 56kg Benue, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo 57kg Ekiti, Enugu, Ondo, Ogun Sports & Focus State: Boxing Sport Boxing Event State 60kg Borno, Cross River, Kwara, Ondo, Lagos Ogun, Abia 64kg Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers, Lagos, Benue, Kogi 69kg Bayelsa, Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Delta, Niger 75kg Cross River, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Borno, Kogi 81kg Benue, Delta, Lagos, Osun, Ogun, Rivers, Bayelsa, Oyo 91kg Abia, Delta, Lagos, Kogi Sports & Focus State: Chess Sport Chess Event Blitz Event State Ondo, Oyo, Cross River, Delta Board 1 Benue, Cross River, Delta, Lagos, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom Board 2 Delta, Kebbi, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Anambra Board 3 Edo, Osun, Delta, Ondo, Adamawa, Plateau Board 4 Delta, Ogun, Delta, Oyo, Cross River, FCT Board 5 Imo, Osun, Oyo, Lagos, Rivers Board 6 Edo, Oyo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom Sports & Focus State: Cricket No. Sport Event State 20 Ovals Rivers, Lagos, Anambra 40 Ovals Rivers, Ogun, Delta Cycling No. Sport Event State 30km TTT Borno, Plateau, Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers 50km 2 MTT Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Delta 50km TTT Plateau, Rivers, Delta 74KM TTT Ogun, Rivers, Akwa Ibom Sports & Focus State: Gymnastic Sport Event Beam State Lagos, Edo Floor Exercise Lagos, Ekiti, FCT, Edo Individual FCT, Ekiti, Lagos, Edo Parallel Bar Rivers, Delta, FCT Pommel Horse Edo, Ekiti, Delta, Ondo Team FCT, Ekiti, Lagos, Edo Vault Edo, FCT, Lagos, Ekiti, Delta Sports & Focus State: Handball No. Sport Event State Female Ondo, Rivers, Lagos Male Ondo, Lagos, Borno Hockey No. Sport Event State Female Lagos, Delta, Rivers Male Delta, Lagos, Nasarawa Sports & Focus State: Scrabble Sport Event State Doubles Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Ogun Doubles Intermediate Delta, FCT, Ondo Doubles Masters Lagos, Edo, Delta Doubles Open Cross River, Delta, Lagos Team Ogun, Delta, Akwa Ibom Team Intermediate Team Masters Team Open Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Delta Sports & Focus State: Squash No. Sport Event State Single Delta, Ogun, Ondo, Rivers, Lagos, Edo, Rivers Table Tennis No. Sport Event State Doubles Lagos, Delta, Ogun Mixed Delta, Lagos Singles Lagos Sports & Focus State: Swimming Sport Event State 1,500M freestyle Delta, Ondo 100M backstroke Delta, Edo 100M breaststroke Cross River, Rivers, Delta 100M butterfly River, Delta, Lagos, Ondo 100M freestyle Delta, Lagos 200M backstroke 200M breaststroke 200M FREESTYLE Akwa Ibom, Delta, Edo Cross River, Ondo, Delta, Rivers, Ogun Ondo, Delta Sports & Focus State: Swimming Sport Event 200M ind. medley State Delta, Lagos 4 x100M freestyle R Ondo, Rivers, Delta, Lagos 4 x 100M med. relay Rivers, Delta, Lagos 4 X 200M freestyle R Bayelsa, Delta, Lagos 400M freestyle Akwa Ibom, Ondo, Delta 400M ind. Medley Akwa Ibom, Ondo, Delta, Edo 50M breaststroke Cross River, Rivers, Ondo, Rivers, Ogun 50M butterfly Delta, Ondo, Delta, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers 50M freestyle Bayelsa, Delta, Lagos 800M freestyle Akwa Ibom, Ondo, Delta Sports & Focus State: Taekwondo Sport Event State BANTAM Benue, Cross River, Imo, Lagos, Kano, Rivers FEATHER Kaduna, Ogun, Ondo, Yobe, Kano, Rivers, Enugu, Osun FIN Kano, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Nasarawa, Niger, Borno, Edo FLY Delta, Enugu, Oyo, Rivers, Bauchi, Kano, Edo HEAVY INDIVIDUAL LIGHT MIDDLE TEAM WELTER Akwa Ibom, Edo, Oyo, Rivers, Kaduna, Lagos, Delta Ogun, Lagos, Rivers, Bauchi, FCT Delta, Imo, Kano, Bayelsa, FCT, Edo Benue, Cross River, Lagos, Oyo, Delta, Rivers, Edo Rivers, Edo, Delta Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Edo, Delta Sports & Focus State: Tennis Sport Event State Doubles (Female) Mixed Doubles Delta, Imo, Rivers Doubles (Male) Benue, Delta, Akwa Ibom Mixed Doubles Cross River, Rivers, Delta, Imo Singles (Female) Niger, Ogun, Rivers Singles (Male) Akwa Ibom, Benue, Delta Volleyball Female Lagos, Rivers, Delta Male Rivers, Lagos, Ondo Sports & Focus State - Summary The identification of States where indigenes excel in specific Sports would assist the respective Sports Federations or Associations identify talents that can be developed for international programmes. Also, this would help the Government and other agencies identify Sports infrastructures that can be put in place to assist Athletes practice better and get them ready for future competitions. Performance By Geo-political South East State Imo Ebonyi Abia Enugu Anambra Gold Silver Bronze Total Total Athlete Medal to Team 7 3 1 1 0 14 2 6 5 3 18 3 13 8 2 39 8 20 14 5 325 70 226 180 235 0.12 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.02 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 7 5 3 4 1 2 13 9 4 5 3 3 200 219 311 110 129 253 0.07 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.01 64 18 15 12 5 2 47 12 22 13 1 1 71 28 31 17 9 4 182 58 68 42 15 7 742 336 542 290 123 233 0.25 0.17 0.13 0.14 0.12 0.03 North East Bauchi Borno Adamawa Yobe Taraba Gombe South West Lagos Ondo Ogun Oyo Ekiti Osun Performance By Geo-political North West Kano Jigawa Kaduna Kebbi Sokoto Zamfara Katsina 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 6 7 1 4 0 3 23 9 11 2 4 2 3 159 72 285 80 89 141 115 0.14 0.13 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.03 7 6 4 3 3 1 1 12 9 2 5 3 2 2 10 18 5 21 1 3 9 29 33 11 29 7 6 12 165 281 185 339 100 153 145 0.18 0.12 0.06 0.09 0.07 0.04 0.08 114 76 25 19 12 7 99 71 23 17 14 18 75 70 44 22 23 19 288 217 92 58 49 44 652 669 484 292 263 309 0.44 0.32 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.14 North Central FCT Abuja Plateau Niger Benue Nasarawa Kogi Kwara South South Delta Rivers Edo Bayelsa Cross River Akwa Ibom Top 10 States (Return on Investment) State Gold Delta 114 Rivers 76 Lagos 64 Bayelsa 19 Edo 25 Cross River 12 FCT Abuja 7 Ondo 18 Oyo 12 Kano 7 Silver 99 71 47 17 23 14 12 12 13 4 Bronze 75 70 71 22 44 23 10 28 17 12 Total 288 217 182 58 92 49 29 58 42 23 Total Athlete 652 669 742 292 484 263 165 336 290 159 Medal to Team 0.44 0.32 0.25 0.20 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.17 0.14 0.14 Zone SS SS SW SS SS SS NC SW SW NW The medals table have the following as top 10; Delta, Rivers, Lagos, Edo, Ogun, Bayelsa, Ondo, Cross-River, Akwa-Ibom and Oyo. However, in terms of Return on investment (Medals to Athletes ratio); States like Ogun and Akwa-Ibom lost out in the race. The Medals table shows the 6 South South States among the Top 10 States, while 4 of the South West States accounted for the remaining. The best placed South East States is Imo while Plateau emerged the best in the North Central. In order to maximize the results of this Festival; each Athlete from States with competitive advantage in respective Sports should be actively engaged with quality training programmes focusing on up-coming Africa and other International competitions with the aim of Team Nigeria presenting the best in the 2016 Olympic games. These are potential Olympic materials if well harnessed! Medals Table State Delta Rivers Lagos Edo Ogun Bayelsa Ondo Cross River Akwa Ibom Oyo Imo Plateau Benue FCT Abuja Kano Abia Ekiti Enugu Bauchi Kwara Kaduna Niger Borno Jigawa Ebonyi Nasarawa Osun Kogi Anambra Yobe Sokoto Adamawa Gombe Katsina Taraba Kebbi Zamfara Gold 114 76 64 25 15 19 18 12 7 12 7 6 3 7 7 1 5 1 3 1 2 4 1 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 423 Silver 99 71 47 23 22 17 12 14 18 13 14 9 5 12 4 6 1 5 3 2 2 2 3 0 2 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 422 Bronze 75 70 71 44 31 22 28 23 19 17 18 18 21 10 12 13 9 8 7 9 7 5 5 6 3 1 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 3 1 1 0 579 Total 288 217 182 92 68 58 58 49 44 42 39 33 29 29 23 20 15 14 13 12 11 11 9 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1424 Data source: - http://www.nigeriasportsfestival.org/eko2012/ - http://www.eko2012ng.com/ Freely share, freely use and freely quote the source – © Wale Micaiah Analysis by: Wale Micaiah m: 08078001800 w. www.statisense.info e: [email protected] b: walemicaiah.blog.com StatiSense ® - Wale Micaiah ©