President Goodluck Jonathan is billed to receive the Queens Baton for the 2014 Commonwealth Games at the State House on Monday.
The games will hold in Scotland, United Kingdom later in the year.
On arrival in Abuja, the officials of the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) and members of the 2014 Commonwealth Games Queens Baton Relay Committee will receive the baton.
The Baton is usually taken across all Commonwealth Countries to signify the commencement of preparations of the Commonwealth Games.
Its last point of call before arriving Nigeria was Ghana where it was paraded in Accra and Kumasi. According to the Itinerary released by the organizing Committee, the Director General National Sports Commission, Gbenga Elegbeleye will receive the Baton in company of diplomats from Commonwealth countries accredited to Nigeria.
Thereafter the Motorcade will proceed to the Presidential Villa where the Baton will be handed to the Minister/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Bolaji Abdullahi who will then present the Baton to the President Goodluck Jonathan.
The event is expected to climax at State House with remarks from the President after which he will hand it over to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for a procession through the City.
The seven member Queen Baton bearers led by Sharad Rao Commonwealth Games Federation representative is billed to depart Nigeria on Wednesday January 8, 2014.
