The Director General of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Bukola Olopade has disclosed that, as a way to cut down costs of staging the annual National Sports Festival, they are looking to cut down the strength of the usual 15,000 athletes to 7000.
He said numbers of officials from participating states will also be pruned to save costs.
The DG spoke to journalists in Calabar, Thursday as the week long National Council on Sports enters the final laps.