The chairman of Nigeria Diaspora Talents Development Committee, Dr. Tunde Adelakun has posited that the official invitation granted the country to feature at this year’s London Youth Games will help the agency encourage thw nation’s athletes born abroad.
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Sports247 reports that Adelakun is also happy that the diaspora agency now has a big platform to showcase an array of talented Nigerian youths living overseas and enthused that they will use their participation to make the country proud.
Adelakun added that Team Nigeria Diaspora will go all out to excel in netball and athletics events slated for June 13th and 21st during the staggered games, which will continue up till July across different sports disciplines.
He further pointed out that Nigeria’s invitation to the London Youth Games is an endorsement of the Diaspora Committee’s efforts at strengthening the country’s ability to produce sports talents at home and abroad, then showcase them to the world.
The committee chairman expatiated, “Organisers of the London Youth Games have agreed to invite Team Nigeria Diaspora to this year’s London Youth Games, where we aim to be present in the athletics and netball events.
“This is a big one for us, as it allows us the chance to showcase talents we have already put together and track other prospects who we might be calling on to form Team Diaspora in the National Intermediate Games and National Sports Festival.
“We have our different scouts across the globe in specific sports, and such events will encourage them to go the extra mile. It is not enough to spot these talents, there have to be platforms to access them as a team.
“The London Youth Games will afford us that opportunity. These are some of the events we believe we can use to promote who we are, and give encouragement to our discovered talents – that we are in this for the long haul.”
