Nigeria’s House Committee on Sports has called for strategic planning to improve performance at the 2028 Olympics. Following Team Nigeria’s disappointing outing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where they failed to win a single medal, Honourable Kabiru Amadu emphasized the need for robust planning to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
The Committee’s chairman, Honourable Kabiru Amadu stressed that Nigerian sports have come a long way, but struggling with podium finishes at major global competitions is unacceptable. To address this, the Committee has put together a blueprint to oversee and revamp Nigerian sports, focusing on funding support for the Sports Ministry and various sporting federations.
During the Committee’s meeting with the Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh, a cheque of ₦100 million was presented to support Team Nigeria’s preparations for the 2028 Olympics. This gesture aims to provide a financial foundation for future success.
The Committee’s chairman on emphasized that Nigeria cannot afford to repeat what happened in Paris in the next four years, where the country did not win a single medal.
He said ” Nigerian Sports has gone a long way over the years and it is totally unacceptable that we are still struggling with Podium finish at major global competitions” .
” In fact, one of the reasons why this meeting was called was because of a motion of urgent importance that was put forward because of Team Nigeria’s bad outing at the Paris Olympics Games”.
” As a Proactive Committee, the Committee has put together a Blueprint to help it’s oversight function as regards ways and means to revamp Nigerian Sports”.
” This Committee is very determined to assist in all ways possible to help the Sports Ministry and the various Sporting Federations, especially in the area of funding “.
