The Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon Bukola Olopade, says Nigeria’s dominant triumph at the IHF trophy zone 3 in Lome,Togo, has brought renewed confidence in the country’s male athletes.
The Director General stated this on Monday when he received the victorious U-18 and U-20 teams in his office in Abuja.
” Your performance in Togo has shown that Handball is a progressive sport that deserves all the support from both the private sector and the sports commission”.
” At a time when our women athletes have dominated international success for the country, it is quite refreshing to see our male teams achieving this sort of international success as well”.
” I took my time to watch some good handball matches at the last sports festival in Ogun state and I strongly believe with an extra push we have what it takes to break the dominance of the North Africans”.
” I want to thank the leadership of the Handball Federation of Nigeria led by the Hardworking President, Jibril saidu, who has continued to show impressive passion to grow the sports”.
The DG further assured the Handball Federation that the Commission will make sure they are adequately supported for the continental championship coming up later in the year.
President of the Nigeria Handball federation, Jibril Saidu in his remarks, thanked the leadership of the NSC for giving handball a serious sense of belonging and reassured that the federation is going to the continental tournament with the aim to win it.
