Nigeria Armwrestling Federation has set in movement an elaborate plan to make sure they obtain sufficient company backing for a profitable outing at nexy 12 months’s African championship in Ghana, Sports247 studies.
This was disclosed by the federation’s president, Engineer Samuel Olatunji Jackson throughout ‘Sizzling Seat’ phase of Inside Naija Sports activities, a stay streaming programme on YouTube, broadcast at 11:45am each Friday from the studio of Sports247 Naija TV.
Engineer Jackson identified that it’s crucial for Nigeria to do properly on the 2026 African Armwrestling Championship in Ghana as a result of it should function a qualifier for the 2027 African Video games.
He added phrases of satisfaction with the enormous strides which have already been achieved by the game by Nigeria and reckoned that the federation can obtain a much bigger influence subsequent 12 months.
The armwrestling guru said, “You can’t speak about armwrestling on this planet now with out mentioning Nigeria. There isn’t a competitors that we’ve gone to, and we’re outdoors the highest 4.
“It’s both one, two, three or 4 for us; however we’ll carry on working more durable as a way to enhance. My philosophy is that ‘if I sleep yesterday and I get up at the moment, then the world is at my ft.’ There’s at all times extra to attain.”
Nonetheless, regardless of the enormous strides which were achieved for the game in Nigeria, Jackson confessed that officers of armwrestling face the identical issues of funding that each one different sporting our bodies within the nation complain about.
He disclosed, “There are numerous challenges that we face, little question. For example, it’s not simple for our athletes to coach and exit to showcase their expertise once we don’t have sufficient aa a federation to sponsor them.
“So, we have now issues of funding, and we have to do extra in that regard. We can not lean on authorities, although, as a result of they’re already doing so much by way of the sports activities fee.
“They’re doing their half by offering an enabling setting for us to thrive. So, it’s now left to us, as a federation, to look inward and round us for an answer.”
Jackson concluded with a declaration that extra effort shall be put into the duty of in search of company assist to spice up the physique’s actions, as they goal to elevate armwestling as much as an enviable level in Africa and the world at massive.
“Now we have to look inward and see what we are able to do inside our personal ecosystem to take us as much as the extent the place we have to be. That’s why we have now to solicit for assist from company Nigeria.
“I’ve to make use of this chance to plead with company Nigeria to assist all sports activities within the nation, not simply armwrestling. On our half, we’re prepared to take a seat down with them and talk about varied choices.
“Our plan is to ensure that, come subsequent 12 months, for the African championship in Ghana, we get company assist, particularly because it’s a qualifier for the 2027 Africa Video games,” Jackson emphasised.
