All the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja put up a presence on the medals table as the curtain was drawn on the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012. The 13-day sports fiesta which saw over 8,000 athletes competing in 25 events started November 27 and ends December is being concluded tonight with a colourful ceremony at the main venue, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere.
Below is the Medals Table
| State | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Delta | 114 | 99 | 75 | 288 |
| Rivers | 76 | 71 | 70 | 217 |
| Lagos | 64 | 47 | 71 | 182 |
| Edo | 25 | 23 | 44 | 92 |
| Bayelsa | 19 | 17 | 22 | 58 |
| Ondo | 18 | 12 | 28 | 58 |
| Ogun | 15 | 22 | 31 | 68 |
| Cross River | 12 | 14 | 23 | 49 |
| Oyo | 12 | 13 | 17 | 42 |
| Akwa Ibom | 7 | 18 | 19 | 44 |
| Imo | 7 | 14 | 18 | 39 |
| FCT Abuja | 7 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| Kano | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| Plateau | 6 | 9 | 18 | 33 |
| Ekiti | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| Niger | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Benue | 3 | 5 | 21 | 29 |
| Bauchi | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Nasarawa | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Ebonyi | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Jigawa | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Kaduna | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| Osun | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Abia | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| Enugu | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| Borno | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Kwara | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| Kogi | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Kebbi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Anambra | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Taraba | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Zamfara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yobe | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Adamawa | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Gombe | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sokoto | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42 |
| Katsina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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