The Director Common of the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC), Bukola Olopade, on Thursday continued the Fee’s nationwide appreciation tour with a go to to Abeokuta, the place excellent junior athlete Majekodunmi Afusat Bisola was offered with a cheque of ₦3 million.
The presentation types a part of the NSC’s initiative to recognise and reward distinctive junior athletes who distinguished themselves in 2025 and contributed considerably to Nigeria’s medal haul.
Majekodunmi delivered a formidable run of performances on the observe. On the 2024 Nationwide Sports activities Competition, she stormed to gold within the 400 metres and the 4x400m relay. She replicated the double triumph on the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Junior Championship in Abeokuta, earlier than rising as one of many standout stars on the African Youth Video games in Luanda, Angola.
Talking through the presentation, Hon Olopade defined that the Fee deemed it essential to increase monetary appreciation to grassroots athletes after elite performers had earlier acquired grants operating into hundreds of {dollars}.
“Just a few weeks in the past, after paying grants to our elite athletes, we agreed there was a have to additionally recognize these younger, budding skills who made Nigeria proud final yr,” he mentioned.
He disclosed that of the 376 medals recorded by Nigerian athletes in 2025, greater than 200 have been gained by grassroots skills, underscoring the significance of sustained funding in youth growth.
The NSC additional famous that the choice to current the awards at athletes’ colleges and coaching grounds was deliberate. In response to the Fee, the method is aimed toward selling transparency, tackling age dishonest, and demonstrating clearly how skills are being found and nurtured instantly from the varsity system.
Reacting to the honour, Majekodunmi expressed deep appreciation to the Nationwide Sports activities Fee, assuring that she stays decided to realize even better feats for Nigeria.
She acknowledged that the reward would additional inspire her as she units her sights on a podium end on the forthcoming Summer time Youth Olympic Video games in Dakar, Senegal.
The appreciation tour had earlier commenced on Wednesday with a go to to Grange School, Lagos, the place teenage swimmers Aidan Dumuije-Abili and Tofunmi Ibidapo have been additionally rewarded for his or her excellent performances.
The tour will proceed within the coming days, with the Chairman, Malam Shehu Dikko and the DG additionally scheduled to go to Delta State, Akwa Ibom State, and Abuja because the Fee sustains its drive to have fun and spend money on Nigeria’s rising sporting
