Staff Nigeria cyclists will practice in Manchester for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Video games. This is likely one of the fallouts from a gathering between the Nationwide Sports activities Fee, Biking Federation of Nigeria and British Biking Affiliation on Tuesday.
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The British Biking Affiliation delegation led by Industrial Technique Supervisor Izza Ourzik was on a collaborative go to to Nigeria.
The three-pronged collaboration centered on supporting the event of biking in Nigeria; making certain a tradition of successful pretty in each the Olympics and Paralympics, in addition to impacting on the society via sports activities and biking.
Moreover, an settlement was reached for the Staff Nigeria biking contingent to organize in Manchester forward of the Glasgow Commonwealth Video games.
Responding, an elated Nationwide Sports activities Fee Chairman Mallam Shehu Dikko assured the delegation of the Fee’s assist in direction of the actualization of the set targets.
His phrases, “Our job right here is to offer the enablers for sports activities growth within the nation. We are going to make the soil fertile for nicely that means endeavours reminiscent of this to thrive.
It is a collaboration that may make our society higher in the long run. Biking isn’t just a sport within the nation. You see bikes in all places. For us it’s a lifestyle.”
He sought the cooperation of these concerned within the partnership to make biking much less elitist.
“Biking is seen extra as an elitist sport however that’s not so. It is a populous nation with abundance of skills. We’ve got to affix forces to take this sport to the faculties and grassroots and make it much less elitist. Let’s take biking to the folks. Allow them to personal it”, he added.
Talking earlier, NSC Director-Normal Hon. Bukola Olopade expressed the Fee’s dedication in direction of the development of biking as a sport in tandem with its monumental impression within the society.
“On the Chef de mission assembly in Glasgow I used to be instructed that biking might be a part of the sports activities to be competed for on the Commonwealth Video games.
I liaised with the Biking Federation of Nigeria and was knowledgeable that we’ve got enormous prospects within the sport, so I rapidly contacted the Elite Athletes Growth and Podium Board and we determined to incorporate biking as one of many sports activities we might be taking part in Glasgow”, he mentioned.
“I have to level out that CFN is likely one of the most vibrant Federations we’ve got. This collaboration with the British Biking Affiliation will assist us to render extra assist to this extremely thriving sport”, he concluded.
Additionally on the assembly had been the members of the Biking Federation of Nigeria led by the President Giandomenico Massari.
