NOC sheds light on IOC palliative

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) Executive Committee (ExCo) met via a zoom meeting on yesterday to discuss the way forward towards sporting activities post COVID-19.

On the agenda, the Executive Board discussed the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games in 2021, Commonwealth Youth Games
which is postponed till 2023, the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham in 2022, the athletes’ welfare, the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) agenda on 30% women involvement in the National Federations activities and the uplift of the national federations.

President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr Habu Gumel, shed more light on the $100 million grant given by IOC stating that the Nigeria Olympic Committee did not receive $100 million palliative grant from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Gumel said the International Olympic Committee earmarked the fund for its member associations in which 15 International Federations (IFs) got loans, donation to five International Federations (IFs) and others to the tune of $63 million to cushion the effect of the pandemic while 206 NOCs will get a share of $37million based on Olympic Solidarity evaluation of needs and assessment.

Afterward, the Nigeria Olympic Committee will know what will accrue to them as a body.

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Speaking further, Gumel informed that preparation in terms of logistics for the Olympics has reached a commendable height and he thanked the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare for his support towards achieving it.

He equally advised federations that are yet to qualify for the Olympics to check their portals for the update even as he charged the Federations to continue to work in unity with the NOC and the federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development for the betterment of the game.