The President of Nigeria Para-Volley Federation, Ladele Olukayode says his greatest goal for the game within the nation is to make sure the gamers attain a normal that’s good to compete on the worldwide stage.
Olukayode revealed this in an unique interview with Sports247 after the Nigerian sitting volleyball group clinched gold on the 1st West Africa Para-Video games in Abeokuta.
He added, “This victory is lengthy anticipated as a result of now we have put in a whole lot of work regarding the sport of sitting volleyball. Whereas we have been working, I consider the remainder of West Africa was sleeping.
“That’s what was recognized earlier than and now seen clearly that there’s a huge hole between us. It has additionally been confirmed that they’ve rather a lot to do in the event that they wish to meet up with Nigeria.”
Nevertheless, whereas urging the remainder of West Africa to get up, Olukayode shortly interjected that directors, coaches, and stakeholders of sitting volleyball in Nigeria won’t relaxation on their oars, as they wish to attain worldwide requirements.
He theorised, “We’re nonetheless shifting ahead as a result of we wish to compete on the worldwide stage. In direction of reaching that focus on, we’re undoubtedly making progress.
“We’ve got seen right here already that the usual of our sport is larger than what all the opposite groups can play. It’s additionally fairly attention-grabbing to know that every one the work now we have put into sitting volleyball in Nigeria is now displaying forth.”
Nevertheless, regardless of the rosy image that Tuesday’s victory in The Rock Metropolis paints, Olukayode admitted that the problem of funding is a significant problem dealing with the development of sitting volleyball in Nigeria.
In pointing that out, he opted for a philosophical clarification, saying: “Our challenges are usually not issues which are new to human beings … the main problem is all the time monetary.
“We’ve got a whole lot of zeal to do extra issues and have greater programmes regionally, however the monetary push just isn’t there. If now we have the push, we can have extra athletes, and we are going to transfer as much as a stage the place we will compete internationally.”
