Just as the Nigerian Team prepares for the 2015 All Africa Games, President Muhammadu Buhari has given a charge to the athletes.
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Team Nigeria for the All Africa Games 2015 to return with only gold or silver medals,
This was revealed by the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) President Abu Gummel at the unveiling of Team Nigeria kits for the Games..
According to Gummel, Buhari said:“Do not go below second place!”
Gummel further said, “My happiness is that the National Sports Commission (NSC) provided the kitting even before the departure for the Games. Because sometimes it is when you are at the venue that you get your kits. This time around you are carrying them with you.
“So, let me first and foremost congratulate the Director General and his team for a job well done. It is an excellent job. Which means we are moving like an aircraft. Action! Action!! Action!!! And all we need from you athletes is to retaliate. When you are in Congo it is action! Action!! Action!!!”
On this President’s farewell message to the athletes, Gummel said: “The President has given a marching order that Nigeria must have the first or second position at the All African Games. The last time I was here, I was even saying we should try and maintain our usual position, third. But now it is no more. It is first or second. So, please let us go there and make this country proud.
“With the action that the DG put in front of him and with the way he is moving, we should give him all the necessary support. We should follow him. We should give him all the support. Because his success is our success.”
He enjoined the team to work hard to achieve success. He said: “Jointly we have to work together. Jointly we have to go to Congo and go and make ourselves happy, make ourselves proud. So that we are proud that we are Nigerians. So that by the time we are coming back many people will be at the airport to receive us.