The new Secretary-General, Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Olabanji Oladapo, has said that cooperation with the Ministry of Sports would ensure that the country present the best athletes for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Oladapo made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the fourth edition of the IOC/NOC Advanced Sports Management Course (ASMC) which ended at Bannex Hotel and Suites, Anthony Village, Lagos, on Saturday.
The IOC/NOC Advanced Course held with about 30 sports administrators participating. The management course, according to NOC is aimed at managing Olympic sports and organisation and classified as IOC certificate course.
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On the readiness of NOC for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Olabanji said that collaboration with the sports ministry would ensure that only the best athletes represented the country.
“We at the NOC will ensure that we work together with the sports ministry so that we present the best athletes for the Olympics.
My vision for the NOC is to make sure that we collaborate with all the sister federation and work together for the good of sports administration in Nigeria.
We have a duty to perform in this regard which is to make sports better in the country,’’ he said. (NAN