By Andrew Abah,
Abuja
Abuja JabiLake will be agog as Nigeria hosts the 9th Africa Canoe Sprint Championship. Twenty African countries, including Nigeria will compete for one week in the event that will serve as African Olympic qualification series.
The President of NRCSF, Rear Admiral Festus Porbeni who made this known after a visit to Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh on the level of readiness for the event, disclosed that the Championship will hold between November 20 - 27, 2023. He added that the Federation will continue to work with the sports ministry so as to host a befitting championship.
Porbeni also revealed that the meeting with the honourable minister of sports development was fruitful.
“I just briefed the honorable minister about the event coming up, the Africa canoeing Olympic qualification series, and we are expecting about 20 countries here in Nigeria and I can tell you that the meeting was positive”.
“We will continue to work with the sports ministry in order to stage a befitting championship. The ministry is the mother of the federations and the minister has assured us that he will support our program”.
The NRCSF President further highlighted that Nigerian athletes will benefit hugely from the tournament since the African Canoe Sprint Championship is taking place in Nigeria.
“It is very important to host the championship in Nigeria because our athletes will benefit from the hosting. We are prepared and I can tell you that 17 athletes will represent Nigeria in the championship”.
“Our athletes don’t need visas to travel because it is going to be taking place here and what we just need to do is to select the best athletes that can give us good representation”.
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