2016 Olympics: Elegbeleye calls for collaboration with military sports

THE Director-General, National Sports Commission (NSC), Honourable Gbenga Elegbeleye has called on the military to synergise with NSC in the area of sports towards the realisation of the country's goal at the 2016 Olympics.Elegbeleye made the call when he received in his office a 10-man delegation on a courtesy visit from the Council for Defence Sports of the Nigeria Armed Forces Headquarters led by the Director of Physical Training and Sports, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Efiok.Elegbeleye who lauded the military for its involvement and glorious representation of the country in the past, recalled that the Nigerian military had produced outstanding sportsmen and women through various competitions who had represented the nation in different editions of sports competitions and won laurels.He stated that as the 2016 Olympics was at the threshold, it was imperative to collaborate with the military saying:'The more we get collaboration from the military, the more we get trainers from the military, the better for Nigeria sports'.He reiterated that the involvement of the military in some sport federations had helped in entrenching discipline among athletes, just as he promised that NSC would liaise with the Council for Defence Sports to fish out athletes from the military who will join others in the camp in preparation for the 2016 Olympics.This he said would engender better representation at the Olympics and brighten the chances of the Nigerian contingents at winning medals.Elegbeleye who identified the strengths of Nigerian athletes in various sports such as combat sports promised to tighten every loose end towards the 2016 Olympics so that the country could surpass her previous achievements.He reeled out the outstanding performances of Nigeria's sportsmen and women and noted that: 'Nigeria is performing much better in sports'.
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