She is ready to compete at World Relays – Yusuf Ali
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is insisting that it has no “unresolved issues” with United States-based sprinter, Favour Ofili.
 
A source close to Ofili had revealed to The Guardian, on Tuesday, that the athlete, who is among those listed for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China is threatening to boycott the competition citing unresolved issues from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where she was erroneously omitted from Nigeria’s 100m women’s list.
  
However, AFN President, Tonobok Okowa, told The Guardian in a telephone chat, yesterday, that the federation does not have unresolved issues with Ofili.
 
Explaining what could be the problem, he said: “Following what happened at the Paris Olympics, the then Sports Minister, John Owan Enoh, set up a committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the omission of Ofili’s name from the country’s 100m list.

Don’t forget that the committee did not submit its report to the minister before he was removed from office. The committee did not also submit its report to the present leadership of the National Sports Commission (NSC).
 
“The committee just published its findings on pages of newspapers. Who did the committee submit its reports to? Nobody. As far as we are concerned in the AFN, the committee report was null and void. So, for some people to claim that Ofili is angry with some people in the AFN board is wrong because neither the former sports minister nor the NSC leadership is privy to what is contained in the committee report,” he stated.
 
Okowa revealed that he spoke with Ofili yesterday, adding: “She said she is fully prepared to represent Nigeria at the World Relays in China.”
 
Also yesterday, the head of the Elite Athletes Development Board, Yusuf Ali, told The Guardian that Ofili is working hard to make the nation proud at the 2025 World Relays in China.