THE Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the Eko 2012 National Sports Festival says it is impressed with the level of work going on at the various centres designated for the games.Led by its secretary general, Abba Yola, the MOC told journalists after inspecting such venues as the Onikan Stadium, Rowe Park Sports Centre and Teslim Balogun Stadium that he was satisfied with the level of work being carried out.However, he urged the Local Organising Committee (LOC) to speed up work in all the venues to ensure that the facilities were ready for the festival in November.The MOC scribe said: 'The Onikan Stadium's renovations are going on well, the only problem is the pitch, and I think they need more hands to remove the weeds that are growing there so that they can plant the grass and beautify the place.'Also, removing the weeds is not something that a machine can do, so they would need more manpower in removing the weeds. Aside that, I think work there is going on well and the manager has promised that we would get results by the end of the month.'We would be getting in touch with the contractor to ensure that more people are employed to do this so that they can meet the timeline.'In his response,the LOC scribe, Kweku Tandoh, said that renovation work would be completed as, and when due. He added: 'For now, I would say we are ready for the festival and are on course with timelines - both in terms of infrastructure, venues, and facilities.'The good news is that all the renovation and construction works are expected to be completed by the end of this month.This gives us time to test run the facilities and put right anything we may need to.'Meanwhile, the zonal qualifiers for team events will hold across the 12 centres of the federation. Teams are expected to compete in basketball, volleyball, handball, football and abula, among others.
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