Recently updated on March 2nd, 2018 at 01:25 pm
South-South Zone of Nigeria has emerged the overall winners at the fourth edition of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) national games tagged “Doctors’ Games” held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
South-South Zone in the first position had 17 gold, three silver and seven bronze medals.
North-Central Zone in the second position had three gold, one silver, four bronze medals, while North-West finished third with three gold and one bronze.
Hosts Ogun State were fifth with two gold, six silver and nine bronze.
For emerging as overall winners, South-South have now won every edition of the NMA national games (2014, 2016, 2017).
South-South Zone capped an eventful participation with a 4-1 win against South-East Zone in the football event in the closing ceremony.
This year’s edition which kicked off on 21 February, had doctors representing South-South, South-East, hosts Ogun, Lagos, North-Central, North-West all participating.
Participants competed in football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, scrabble, draught and chess.
The fourth edition of the NMA national games was supported by Mega Lifesciences Nigeria Limited.
