NSC assures close rapport with U.S.-based athletes, sports devt
19 December 2024 |
3:13 am
National Sports Commission (NSC)’s Consultant, Bambo Akani, has promised to use his working relationship with foreign-based athletes to increase efficiency and productivity in the nation’s sports.
Yusuf Alli heads commission’s podium performance board
National Sports Commission (NSC)’s Consultant, Bambo Akani, has promised to use his working relationship with foreign-based athletes to increase efficiency and productivity in the nation’s sports.
Akani, who is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Making of Champions (MoC), was recently engaged by the NSC to develop a relationship with the elite athletes across all the sports through the Elite Development and Podium Board.
Akani, whose outfit, MoC has produced great track and field stars for the nation since Team Nigeria’s disastrous outing at the London 2012 Olympics, told The Guardian that his appointment by the NSC would give him the opportunity to fish out more medal winning athletes for the country.
“Serving as a consultant to the NSC will give me the chance to meet with more elite athletes that I have not met before,” Akani said. “I am sure the elite athletes, particularly those in the United States, are looking forward to a more cordial working relationship with the NSC, unlike what they had in the past.
“To manage elite athletes requires a lot of perseverance and maturity, and I am sure Nigeria’s sports will benefit from this new arrangement,” Akani stated.
Before his new appointment, Akani’s MoC was already planning to ensure that Nigeria wins at least 10 medals at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Among the athletes brought to limelight through Akani’s MoC are Favour Ashe, who is currently the country’s fastest sprinter (9.99sec) and 400m star, Emmanuel Ojeli, a two-time Olympian.
Meanwhile, there are strong indications that one of Nigeria’s finest sports administrators, Olympian,Yusuf Ali, will head the NSC’s Elite Development and Podium Board as Chief Executive Officer.
A source in the NSC told The Guardian, yesterday, that the decision to engage Alli, who is the immediate past chairman of Edo Sports Commission, as the CEO of NSC’s Elite Development and Podium Board, is to accelerate the Commission’s productivity.
Till date, Yusuf Alli, whose long jump record, a Personal Best of 8.27 metres he set in 1989 during the African Athletics Championships in Lagos, still stands as Nigeria’s record in the event.
Alli, who was captain of Team Nigeria to two consecutive Olympic Games, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul ’88, was coordinator of the country’s contingent to the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
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