NUGA secretary Bola Orodele aid in an interview in Lagos that the money
would ensure qualifiers are held to pick the best athletes and teams, camping
and preparations and participation in the Games.
According to him, Nigeria will take part in
athletics, taekwondo, judo while the country is on standby for two team sports,
football and basketball for men. “Nigeria has been placed standby for
those team sports and we intend to attend the Heads of Delegates meeting in
April in the host city where decision would be made on our application,” he
stated. Angola and Mozambique are selected from Africa basketball
men with Nigeria on the
reserve list while Mozambique
and Uganda
are selected in the women category. In the football event, South Africa men and women have the spots for
Africa in while Namibia and Nigeria
are on the reserve list.
Orodele revealed that NUGA had made contacts with the
Athletics Federation of Nigeria AFN in respect of getting the athletics team
ready. “We are also waiting for response from a company to sponsor our football
competition where we expect to pick players for the games. We are also making
an appeal to corporate Nigeria
and philanthropists for assistance to enable us take part in the games,” he
stated
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