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FG INAUGURATES MINISTERIAL STRATEGIC C’TTEE FOR ROBUST PREPARATIONS FOR 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES

By Dele Ogbodo

In its avowed determination to ensure an all Nigerian winning team, podium finishes and clean participation of Nigeria during the forthcoming 2024 Olympic Games scheduled for Paris, the Federal Government has inaugurated a seventeen man Ministerial Strategic Committee  to ensure adequate preparations and effective participation of our athletes at the Games,

The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, while inaugurating the committee in his Office at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja charged the members to ensure  the country’s brilliant performance during the competition surpasses previous ones.

He stated that the strategic committee is entrusted with the crucial task of orchestrating  plans towards a successful Olympic Games appearance, adding that the committee was to also recommend strategies and modalities towards a successful outing of Nigeria at the competition

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Enoh, informed that the  committee is made up of eminently qualified Nigerians who have served the country in various capacities and that they were carefully selected based on their track record, experience and relevance, adding that the committee 

comprises of distinguished members renowned for their expertise and passion for sports development in  Nigeria.

The Minister explained that the inauguration of the committee underscores the present administration’s unwavering commitment to fostering excellence in sports and providing the necessary support to Nigeria’s athletes. 

While reeling out the terms of reference of the committee which include amongst others; a charge  on them to discharge their responsibility for the collective good of the country, including determining shared objectives/targets and reviewing performances of National Sports Federations vis-a-viz the medals projections for each sport, the Minister charged the committee to surpass Team Nigeria’s medal haul of 1996, where Nigeria won gold medals in football and long jump, amongst other medals.

“As you go on to perform this critical national assignment, I want to urge the members of the committee to exert positive energy, intellect and experience to ensure that Nigeria surpasses its previous  performance at the Games.” Enoh said.

The committee is to be chaired by the Permanent Secretary Overseeing the Ministries of Sports and Youth Development Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar.

Others are: Amaka Ashiofu as Secretary, Dr. Paul Onyeudo, Mr. Patrick Okeke, Mrs. Thecla Opara, Engr. Abolore Alanamu, Mr. Olufehinti Olusegun, Mr. Tunde Popoola, Mr. Suleiman Isa, Mr. Olumide Bamiduro, Mr. Mohammed Manga, Mr. Brendan Ndifon, Prince Ebuta Ayuk, Barr. Danladi Ibrahim, and Mr. Abubakaar Waziri.

Speaking after the committee’s  inauguration, the  Chairman, thanked the Minister and President Bola Tinubu in particular for the opportunity to serve the country in this capacity.

He assured that members of the committee will bring in their wealth of experience and expertise to bear in ensuring not only early preparations for our participation clean 

during the Olympic Games but also in ensuring that the country records the best performance ever in the history of the Games.

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