It was a joyous mood to behold at the Banquet Hall of Presidential Villa,Abuja as president Jonathan yesterday 8th October Splashed overN300 million on athletes and their officials who made the country proud at different International competitions in 2014.
Among the athletes were those who participated in the African Senior Athletics
Championships in Marrakech, Morocco, and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Others were participants in the African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana;
the World Junior Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, and the 2014 FIFA
Female U-20 Football World Cup in Montreal, Canada.
The list included athletes in the Partille World Handball Youth
Championships, in Sweden;
the World Powerlifting championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the African Shooting
Championship in Cairo, Egypt.
Also in the list were participants in the African Senior Wrestling
Championship and the African Junior Wrestling Championship.
In a remark, Jonathan reassured Nigerians that his administration was
determined to ensure that all sectors of national life were given the necessary
motivation to achieve set goals.
Jonathan gave the assurance while hosting the country’s athletics and
officials who emerged victorious at different international competitions in
2014.
Source: Vanguard
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