NSC, NOC Hail Team Nigeria For Outstanding Feat At ANOCA Zone III Games

The enactment of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) person commended the athletes of Team Nigeria for their exceptional show astatine the ANOCA Zone III Games successful Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Over 5 days of aggravated contention crossed 4 sports—badminton, taekwondo, weightlifting, and wrestling—Team Nigeria showcased their dominance, securing a full of 16 golden medals, 3 metallic medals, and 2 bronze medals.

The Director General of the NSC, Honourable Bukola Olopade, praised the athletes for prioritising the nation’s interests by competing with focus, discipline, and determination.

“I would similar to salute each and each 1 of you, including your coaches, for overcoming galore challenges to execute this singular feat of 16 golden medals. I guarantee you that the state is arrogant of you, and your hard enactment is greatly appreciated and volition not spell unrecognised,” Olopade said successful a connection released to journalists by his media aide, Kola Daniel, yesterday.

“The NSC, nether the chairmanship of Mallam Shehu Dikko and myself, volition proceed to collaborate with the Nigeria Olympic Committee to guarantee we prioritise the payment and improvement of the country’s athletes.”

“I firmly judge that erstwhile we instrumentality attraction of our athletes, they volition reciprocate with medals, aligning perfectly with the mandate entrusted to america by Mr President to physique a sustainable sports economy,” helium added.

The President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr Habu Gumel, besides lauded the squad for their awesome show successful Burkina Faso, expressing gratitude to the Sports Commission for facilitating the athletes’ information successful the competition.

“The athletes person performed exceptionally good and person represented some the state and the portion admirably. I americium assured that this competition, on with the athletes’ performances, volition supply invaluable mentation for galore of them up of adjacent month’s Solidarity Games successful Saudi Arabia.”

“The NSC and NOC stock the nonsubjective of ensuring that our athletes are exposed to assorted planetary competitions earlier large events specified arsenic the Commonwealth Games, the All Africa Games, and the Olympic Games,” helium concluded.