With barely days to the commencement of the Garden City 2011 National Sports Festival, the Federal Government, has said it was impressed by the level of readiness of River State to play host to the event, which is in its 17th edition.

Speaking at the weekend on behalf of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal, said the mere fact that all turned out massively at the Flag Hoisting ceremony and from what he was able to see of facilities on ground, he was sure that the Garden City Games will be the best organized in the history of the Festival.

Tambuwal, said the President wants fair-play during the games and praised Governor Rotimi Amaechi, for his excellent achievement not only in preparation for the festival but in the overall development of the state.

Meanwhile, fears that the perennial traffic problems in the River State capital, may truncate the Games, has been dispelled by the Governor, through his Information Commissioner, Ibim Semenitari.

Semenitari acknowledged the fact that the massive infrastructural development in the capital and indeed the entire state may have caused some traffic bottle-necks currently, but assured that once the Games are on, strict adherence to traffic rules and in particular easy passage to all those concerned with the festival will be ensured.

“No matter the distance, orderliness from the Games Village, Media Village and such other venues concerned with the festival will be maintained to ensure that we deliver the best ever festival in the history of Nigeria”, she said.