Tokyo 2020: Pillar of Sports, Ejidike predicts good outing for Team Nigeria

Nigeriaโs Pillar of Sports, Chief Donatus Agu-Ejidike, JP, has expressed confidence in the abilities of Nigerian athletes who have qualified to represent the country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, to make the country proud.
Ejidike who is a board member and former president of the Karate Federation of Nigeria remarked that his confidence is buoyed by the recent performances of Nigerian athletes in qualification games.
He particularly commended Nigerian wrestlers and the countryโs male and female basketball teams on their continental and global feats in recent tournaments.
โI am confident that we shall have glorious a outing at the Tokyo Olympic games. The recent feats of our wrestlers are a pointer in that direction,โ he enthused.
The successful businessman and sports philanthropist went on to wax lyrically about the feats of Dโ Tigers, as well as DโTigress, who have both qualified to participate in the Olympic games.
โFor the first time, we shall have our male and female basketball teams competing for honours in the Olympic Games. I am very happy and canโt wait for the games to begin.
I also believe that our athletes who have also qualified for other events at the games, would equally make us proud,โ he added confidently.
Ejidike also praised the Minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare, for bringing a new zeal and positive aura to Nigerian sports. According to him, the recent moves by the sports minister to rejig the various sports federation are beginning to have positive effects on Nigerian sports.