Olympic Day celebration holds June 29
The Nigeria Olympic Committee in collaboration with the Nigeria Sport For All Commission, will organize the 2022 edition of Olympic Day celebration on Saturday, 29th June, 2024 in Nigeria.
Olympic Day is a date for people of all ages and all abilities to experience some of the magic of the Olympic Games in their own communities. Olympic Day celebration is an annual event that will take place in all over the world in the month of June.
The Secretary-General of NOC, Babatunde Popoola, emphasised that the event is an ideal platform to highlight the benefits of physical activity which allows people to learn about Olympic values and to put them into practice in their everyday life. Engaging in exercises promotes health fitness for individuals. Jogging and walking burns calories, tones muscles, shapes your body and helps de-stress your mind.
Olympic Day has always been celebrated by the NOC with fanfare nationwide and this years programme will not be an exception as many states are already preparing to organise the programme in their various states.
The states that so far registered to participate in the event are Anambra, Gombe, Taraba, Bayelsa, Imo and Ondo, while other states are still being expected to indicate their interest in the programme.
According to the Chairman of NOC Sport For All Commission, Abdul Ibrahim, “the 2024 Olympic Day celebration is being coordinated by NOC Sport For All Commission and it promises to be one of the most successful events in view of the fact that almost of the states of the federation are expected to organise the programme in their various states”.
“In Lagos where our NOC head office is located, a series of physical fitness and recreational activities will be organized, including aerobic exercises, jogging and demonstration event.
“The celebration will be concluded with presentation of Diplomas signed by the President of the International Olympic Committee.
The President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr. Habu Ahmed Gumel and other dignitaries will flag off the event.
NOC encourages corporate and philanthropic individuals to donate their products and support the event financially in view of the mileage it will give to their companies.
