Paris 2024 Olympics: Sports Minister apologises to Nigerians after disastrous outing

The Minister of Sports activities Pattern, John Enoh, has apologised to Nigerians following Crew Nigeria’s disappointing day outing on the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the nation did now not staunch any medals.

DAILY POST stories that Nigeria officially done its day outing on the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, with out successful a single medal.

Hannah Reuben change into as soon as the remaining athlete left to salvage a medal for Nigeria on Saturday nonetheless she misplaced her 2nd-round strive in opposition to in the girls’s freestyle wrestling 76kg, shedding 5-2 (victory by aspects) to Mongolia’s Davaanasan Amar Enkh.

In an announcement he personally signed on Saturday, Enoh acknowledged:

“The Olympic Games, Paris 2024, gather ended, and I settle for that our efficiency will gather to were powerful better. It obviously fell wanting our targets, expectations, and hopes of Nigerians.

“I deserve to apologise to our compatriots and replicate on what went unpleasant while taking a be taught about forward to the Paralympic Games, Paris 2024 (August 28–September eighth).

“After I believed self-discipline of business as the Minister of Sports activities Pattern in August 2023, I change into as soon as confronted with the duty of executing four global competitions, particularly the AFCON, the African Games, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in a subject of some months. I change into as soon as additionally reminded that the Olympic Games is the enviornment’s supreme sports opponents, and international locations require no now not as much as four years to organize for it. I held intensive discussions with the management workers of the Ministry and got to clutch that preparations for the Olympics, which change into as soon as now not as much as a year away, had now not began.

“Within the coolest Nigerian spirit, it change into as soon as our survey that we are going to gather to spare no effort to retain the global sports image of our nation. Our purpose change into as soon as to re-attain the Atlanta 1996 efficiency or even toughen on it. To this end, we embarked on a modern manner to drive forward the efficiency of our athletes and coaches. In my first week pretty than business, I requested all Nationwide Sports activities Federations furnish me with plans and programmes. I additionally embarked on a nationwide inspection of our sports services.

“In all these, the President and Commander in Chief of the Federation, HE Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ensured that funds were now not a limiting element. Athletes’ opponents requirements were provided, allowances were paid early, and training grants were disbursed to all athletes. I made myself readily on hand to tackle any field all over the opponents. As a result of this reality, the underwhelming efficiency of our group is puzzling. We owe Nigerians an explanation.

“There want to be a bunch of classes to be taught from our efficiency and enhancements want to be made in all ramifications. The leisure time we returned from the Olympics with out a medal change into as soon as in 2012. The next two Olympics after that, we had a bronze medal in 2016 and a silver and bronze in the 2020 Olympics. As a nation, we deserve more. Let’s turn the disastrous consequence of the 2024 Olympics trusty into a giant sure for Nigerian sports.”