Nigeria College of Education Games Association | |
Status: | active |
Genre: | sporting event |
Frequency: | biennial |
Location: | various |
Country: | Nigeria |
First: | 1978 |
Nigeria College of Education Games Association, popularly known as NICEGA Games is a sporting competition among all colleges of education in Nigeria. The first games was held in 1978.[1] The 17th games, originally meant to hold in November 2011, was postponed till February 2012 by hosts, Federal College of Education, Omoku in Rivers State due to logistics challenges.[2] For the 18th edition, 42 Nigerian colleges of education participated in the games hosted by Niger State College of Education, Minna.[3] The 2015 edition saw the games return to the South to be hosted by Adeyemi College of Education.[4] In the football tournament of the 19th games, Adeyemi College of Education were defeated by College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti.[5]
In 2017, the three sporting bodies responsible for organization competitions for higher institutions in Nigeria, NUGA Games, NIPOGA Games and NICEGA Games had a combined session to reorganize sports in Nigerian institutions.[6]