President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Habu Gumel, has charged sporting federations to do their best at the 2024 All Africa Games. The 13th edition of the All Africa Games will be staged in Ghana from March 8 to March 23, 2024.
The games and the Youth Winter Games, which will be staged in Gangwom, South Korea, from Jan. 19 to Feb. 1, 2024, will serve as qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic Games. 'As of today and heading into the Olympic year 2024, our nation has only qualified three in Athletics, three in boxing and one each in cycling and wrestling, '' noted the NOC boss.
According to him, the ministry has agreed to have another joint meeting of stakeholders, which will offer further opportunities to appeal for the Minister’s goodwill and intervention to ensure that Nigeria's medal hopefuls in key sports can participate in their programmed Olympic qualifier events.
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