The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) is set to host the Research Institute Games Association of Nigeria (RIGAN) in 2024. The inaugur-ation of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) was held on August 11, 2023 at the Institute. The game festival which is scheduled for December, 2024 is expected to host all the research and development institutes across the country. Commenting about the coming game festival, the ED, Dr. Patrick Adebola, thanked the President and the National Executive Council (NEC) members of the RIGAN for giving CRIN Ibadan the hosting right for the 2024 Games Festival. He emphasized the importance of sport which he said is a good tool for nation unity and development. He assured that CRIN will maximally utilise the privilege of the hosting. He went further to challenge the LOC leaders and members to be up and doing to ensure maximum success for the RIGAN games festival. The ED further used the opportunity to announce that the game festival will coincide with CRIN’s 60th anniversary which will come up in 2024, and assured of total commitment for the events. In his address to the LOC, Prof. O. F. Owolade, President of RIGAN, assured the readiness of the association for the games festival next year. In his words, “we are here to inaugurate the LOC for the CRIN 2024 RIGAN Games Festival. This is very important to ensure a successful hosting of the event. I am very confident of the high profile, and sport loving individuals that was appointed into the various subcommittees to organize the sporting event, logistics, sponsorship, security, and accommodation of contingents.”
He expressed his optimism of the enhanced visibility of CRIN at the end of the festival. While expressing his joy for the support of the LOC, he thanked the CRIN Executive Director (ED), Dr Patrick Adebola, for avowed commitment to the success of the games festival.
The Chairman of CRIN Sports Committee and Director of Human Resources and Administration, Mr J.O. Onatunde-Onanuga, assured of high expectation and promised showcasing CRIN’s reputation for excellence, harping on leveraging on getting sponsorship from friends and partners of the institute. The Public Relation Officer of RIGAN, Mr Amos Tabe used the opportunity to appeal to corporate organizations for support to make the program a huge success.
RIGAN is a conglomeration of 35 Research and Development Institutes under the aegis of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Health, Education, Transport and Environment.
