The Minister of Sports activities Improvement, Senator John Enoh, has disclosed that Nigeria’s native and foreign-based athletes have obtained coaching grants and allowances.
This, the minister mentioned, was a testomony to the ministry’s issues for the welfare of the nation’s athletes.
Enoh, tweeting as #OwanEnoh, famous on Tuesday by way of his X.com deal with, that this is able to be the “first time ever” that home-based athletes representing the nation would obtain coaching grants.
His tweets learn, “In guaranteeing that each one native, overseas and Olympics allowances are paid to all Workforce Nigeria athletes, I had one other interactive session with the athletes on the video games village in Paris as observe up on their welfare.
“Dwelling-based athletes complained of by no means receiving coaching grants, as this has solely been a privilege for his or her foreign-based counterparts representing the nation.
“We’ve ensured for the primary time ever, home-based athletes representing the nation additionally obtain coaching grants. International and home-based athletes have now obtained coaching grants along with all different allowances already paid.”
The minister acknowledged that each one athletes who signify the nation “deserve coaching grants, as all of them put in efforts and fervour to signify the nation. They’re all deserving.
“There’s a variety of pleasure on the video games village and the athletes are vastly enthused for podium appearances.”
Nigerian athlete, Favour Ofili, qualified on Monday evening for the ultimate of the ladies’s 200 metres on the Olympic Video games on the Stade de France in Paris, France.
She ran a season-best 22.05 seconds to position behind new girls’s 100m champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia in warmth 1 of the semi-finals.
She joins seven others in Tuesday night’s remaining of the occasion, rating third among the many crowd.
In different sports activities, Nigerian wrestler, Blessing Oborududu, secured her place within the semi-finals of the ladies’s 68kg wrestling occasion on the Video games because the world-ranked quantity 6 dominated her Canadian opponent, Linda Morais, with an 8-2 victory within the quarter-final match.
Additionally, the nation’s girls’s senior basketball workforce, D’Tigress made it to the quarter-final of the occasion after being drawn in opposition to america on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
D’Tigress made historical past by securing Nigeria’s first-ever berth within the final eight of the Olympics basketball event after their spectacular 79-70 victory over Canada of their remaining group recreation on Sunday.