To avoid another winless situation at Tokyo 2025 edition of the World Athletics Championships, a board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Prof. Emmanuel Ojeme, has advised that the nation’s athletes must be nurtured and psychologically guided to attain optimum performance,
Team Nigeria returned from Budapest 2023 without a medal, and Ojeme said Nigeria must take some radical actions to improve on her participation and performance in future competitions.
“Nigeria as the giant of Africa is expected to live up to its status in the sports field. The nation must not only participate but also put-up befitting performances. This is the burden of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria,” he said.
“Does Nigeria have the talents? Yes of course. Nigeria has the youth population with athletic talents. The youths are in the communities and school systems. Athletic talents morphologically identified, programmed…
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