Nigeria: Olympics – Noc Retains Mum On Ofili

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) introduced Thursday in Paris that it will not be making any public feedback on the registration standing of athlete Favour Ofili at the moment.

The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) studies that Ofili revealed late Tuesday that she had found she was not registered for the 100 metres race on the ongoing Olympic Video games.

There have been a number of reactions after this, with John Enoh, the Minister of Sports activities Improvement, asking for explanations and promising powerful sanctions towards those that could also be discovered culpable.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) additionally insisted that Ofili’s identify was amongst these it submitted to the NOC for registration for Crew Nigeria’s participation within the dash occasion.

However Tony Nezianya, the Public Relations Officer of NOC, has insisted that the committee wouldn’t be saying something on the matter for now and anticipated the AFN to take action.

“No feedback from the NOC for now. The AFN remains to be the physique that may clarify what occurred,” he mentioned.

Nezianya, who can also be Crew Nigeria’s media attaché at Paris 2024, went on to say that the NOC was not going to permit the matter to distract it from its most important purpose.

“We’re targeted on the hunt for gold medals for now as a result of that’s the final,” he added.

NAN studies that Ofili has been registered for less than the 200m occasion, forsaking arguments on the propriety of that motion when she had really certified for each occasions. (NAN)