By our reporter 28.8.2025
Nigeria and India are the only countries left in the bid for the 2030 Commonweath Games.
With the August 31 deadline just in the horizon, Abuja Nigeria and Ahmedabad India are the hosting cities are expected to submit their bids on Sunday with government guarantees. The Commonwealth Games Federation will vote at its general assembly, and the winner will emerge in November.
Nigeria’s bid championed by the National Sports Commission was outlined during a meeting in London with CGF officials earlier in August with the NSC chairman Shehu Dikko, director general Bukola Olapade, National Olympic Committee president and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Habu Gumel along with others in attendance.
This is Abuja’s second bid to host the Games after losing to Glasgow on a 47-24 vote while pursuing the 2014 edition. Plans still require formal approval from Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has already expressed his support for the project in July.
Meanwhile on Wednesday India’s federal government approved the Ahmedabad bid and agreed to all necessary guarantees required by the CGF ahead of the deadline. The bid committee formed last month and traveled to London to discuss the project with officials.
The Commonwealth Games are considered a steppingstone for India in its pursuit to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
India last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in Delhi with an event marred by construction delays and alleged corruption and mismanagement.
Chioma Onyekwere...Nigerian thrower competing a the 2022 CWG.