‘Sports federations’ elections will kick-start 2024 Olympics preparations’

The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare has Dare said elections into the different sports federations to be held later in the year would be the beginning of preparations for the next Olympic Games. The 2024 Olympics Games is scheduled to be held from July 26 to August 11 in Paris, France. Dare […]

The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare has Dare said elections into the different sports federations to be held later in the year would be the beginning of preparations for the next Olympic Games.

The 2024 Olympics Games is scheduled to be held from July 26 to August 11 in Paris, France.

Dare also stressed the fact that Nigerian athletes need the support of the private sector and rich individuals to be among the best in the world.

He noted that the performances recorded by the athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games were enough testimony that there are potential champions in the country across various sports.

The minister said: “There is much to hope for in the future. In Tokyo, most of our young athletes had their Olympics debuts. They gave their all.

“If only we can support them in a sustained manner, they will give us future Olympic medals and raise the flag of Nigeria at all venues of international sports competition.

“We have started building a new generation of young Nigerian athletes who will benefit immensely from the Nigerian Sports Industry Policy which will be placed before the Federal Executive Council for approval shortly.

“This policy will unleash the economic potential of our sports sector following President Buhari’s reclassification of sports as a business. This will be the foundation for sustained sector growth and maximization of our human resources.

“The Tokyo 2020 Olympics experience will move and challenge me to push our sports to a higher level and seek a better condition for all our athletes,” he said