Selection trials of Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championship will be hosted by Benin City.

Multi Sports General

Selection trials of Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championship will be hosted by Benin City.

The selection trials for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the World Championship events in Oregon, USA will be hosted at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City.  

The above statement is recently declared by The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN).

AFN further said that the arrangements for the events have been concluded for an obstruction free competition.

“The AFN is ready to host a championship that befits our rising profile in athletics worldwide. To this end,

Tonobok Okowa, the federation’s president, has set up a committee to oversee both the technical and administrative 

organization of the event,” said Beyioku, who named a former two-time president of the AFN, Solomon Ogba, as its chairman.