Odebode Dedicates Para Grand Prix Medals To NSC
The President of the Para-Olympics Committee of Nigeria (PCN) Sunday Odebode has opened up on the reasons behind the team’s impressive performance at the Para Grand Prix in Tunisia.
Team Nigeria finished second among the 42 countries that participated in the Games with 10 gold, six silver, and three bronze medals with a total of 19 medals to further establish Nigeria’s dominance in Africa.
Odebode praised the National Sports Commission for their support to the team before, during, and after the games.
He said: “The NSC under the leadership of the Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, and the Director General, Hon Bukola Olopade, has taken the support given to people living with disabilities to another level.
“We have never had it this good in the past where the Commission is not only supporting us financially but also assisting us in every technical way to succeed both with our international competitions and domestic ones”.
“This is why to whom much is given, much is expected and the athletes did not disappoint in Tunisia and made the country proud with their performance.
“It will also interest us to know that because of their outing in Tunisia, Nigeria was able to secure qualification for the World Championship in India later this year and also booked various sports to the Commonwealth Games and the Los Angeles Olympic Games”.
Odebode also hailed the Commission for the smooth funding of its program, and camping which are all geared towards podium finish in both next year’s Commonwealth Games and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics games.
“The Commission has also made our various programs very easy to execute because of the attention and funding we are currently getting from them. If you observe, the Para-lifters just concluded their trials. We discovered 10 new athletes there, and they will now be going to Santiago, Chile for the World tournament”.
“And the Para- athletes will open their camp this month also. We also have Wheelchair basketball also preparing for the Commonwealth Games and our Para-Swimmers are also opening camp this month. All of these wouldn’t have been possible if not for the new funding approach of the NSC”.
The likes of Adewale Babatunde – 100m Men T12, Onye Lauritta – Discus Women F40, Uwak Unyime – 100m & 200m Women T47, Alam Ugochi – Shot Put Women F57, Sefiu Ojeley – 200m & 1500m Men T54, Flora Ugwunwa – Javelin & Discus Women F54 won gold for Nigeria in the competition.
Odebode Dedicates Para Grand Prix Medals To NSC is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
