The Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) says it would soon engage newly elected board members of various sport federations to chart a course towards actualizing desired result ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2014 and 2016 Olympics.
NOC Secretary, Tunde Popoola, said in Abuja yesterday that the Olympic body would collaborate with relevant stakeholders in future global competitions, even as he explained that every federation must strive to achieve its mandate.
"Sport federations are like the foot soldiers because they have all it takes in harnessing the talent," Popoola said.
"We will continue to provide them with support to enable them to succeed as we believe that our performance at the Commonwealth Games and Youth Games will determine our output at Rio."
He, however, explained that the priority given to some sporting activities as 'elite' was not aimed at undermining the federations' targets. Nigeria finished ninth at the last Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India with 11 gold, 8 silver and 14 bronze medals.
National Mirror