Dare vows to pay Oborududu’s surgery bills - Punch Newspapers

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Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has promised to pay for the knee surgery of silver medallist Blessing Oborududu, The PUNCH reports.

Oborududu had been nursing the injury prior to the Olympics, according to Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Nigerian Wrestling Federation, Daniel Igali.“The Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare has assured that the knee will be fixed in any country of her choice when she gets back to Nigeria and settles down,” Igali was quoted as saying in the statement.“She did her best. We have been treating that tender knee all through the tournament.

Meanwhile, following the decision of the Federal Government to triple the prize money award for Team Nigeria medallists at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics, silver medallist Blessing Oborodudu will get $10,000 while Ese Brume will be handed a cash reward of $7,500.

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