Olympics: Sports Minister lauds Custom boss, Igali

By Georgina Adegbie

Sen. John Owan Enoh, Minister of Sports Development, has commended Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi and Daniel Igali, President of Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) for hosting the wrestling team.

Enoh said this at the reception in honour of athletes and officials of NWF on Saturday in Abuja.

The reception was in recognition of the patriotism of the athletes towards the development of the federation.

The minister said the federation was the only and the first to celebrate their athletes, in spite of not winning any medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

“I was surprised when I got the invitation from the CG customs and board members of this federation about this reception.

‘It is very uplifting, motivating and assuring way with a positive perspective of encouraging the athletes.

“I thank the CG for this, and I think that Nigerians need to know about this and am glad that the media are here,” he said.

Enoh said he found people’s negative comments toxic following the poor performance of the team Nigeria in Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The minister said he had apologised to Nigerians for the poor performance at the Olympics.

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