The Abuja bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games was an unsuccessful bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games by the city of Abuja, Nigeria. The bidding race was won by the Glasgow 2014 bid after a 47-24 vote by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly 9 November 2007 in Sri Lanka.
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