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The
Secretary General of the Nigeria Rowing, Canoe and Sailing Federation,
Olubunmi Ola-Oluode has described the commissioning of 20 rowing/kayak boats
donated to the federation by Mutual Benefits Assurance PLC, as a landmark event in preparation for the 2020
Olympics in Tokyo.
Speaking
to newsmen after the commissioning by the Honorable Minister of Youth and
Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung at the Bics Boat club in Lagos, Olubunmi said
that they believe the commissioning of the boat will help the grassroots developmental
programme her federation is targeting towards the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.”
Oluode
explained that despite the qualification of two of its elite athletes for the
2016 Olympics game in Rio, the federation under the leadership of Rear Adminral
Festus Porbeni (rtd) has decided to focus more of its attentions to grassroots
developmental programs which will start in earnest very soon in Gombe State.
We want to take the sport there
and get as many as are around the Riverine areas in the Northern region because
we have so many of them in Lagos, Western region and Niger Delta".
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