Team Nigeria’s camp bubbles ahead of 2022 Commonwealth Games
The camp of Nigeria’s contingent to the 2022 Commonwealth Games is in high spirit as the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, is optimistic Team Nigeria will be very competitive at the games starting on July 28 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Speaking during a farewell dinner organised for Team Nigeria by the British High Commissioner to […]
Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, poses for photograph with some of the Team Nigeria athletes
The camp of Nigeria’s contingent to the 2022 Commonwealth Games is in high spirit as the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, is optimistic Team Nigeria will be very competitive at the games starting on July 28 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Speaking during a farewell dinner organised for Team Nigeria by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing at her residence in Abuja, Dare assured that Nigeria will excel in Birmingham.
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“The last few months have toughened our athletes. As I speak now, some of them are in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America for the World Athletics Championships. Before now, some were in Mauritius for the African Senior Athletics Championships.
“By being part of these competitions, I can say that Team Nigeria is fit and ready. We will compete with determination and fairness. As a Ministry, we have tried to provide resources as much as we can afford for our athletes to be well prepared and we are sure of great success,” said Dare.
In her welcome address, the British High Commissioner, Catriona Laing expressed delight at the opportunity to host Team Nigeria to a farewell reception, extending special appreciation to the Sports Minister Sunday Dare and the president of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) Engineer Habu Gumel for making it happen.
She said “I know the Team Nigeria athletes will make this nation proud. I know they have worked extremely hard, put in so many hours of training to represent Nigeria.”
Nigeria will be competing in nine sports namely athletics, boxing, judo, wrestling, weightlifting, table tennis, para-athletics, para powerlifting and para Table-tennis.