Sunday Dare, the minister of youth and sports development,
has congratulated Team Nigeria for recording the “country’s best performance
ever” at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG).
Nigeria won 12 gold, 9 silver, and 14 bronze — totaling 35
medals. The wins represented the highest at a single Commonwealth Games for the
country’s contingent.
The Nigerian team also finished as the best-ranked African
country on the medals table, placing 7th.
Dare described Team Nigeria’s performance as “excellent,
inspirational, phenomenal, commendable and commanding”.
“This is a
performance like no other as many new records were set and old records broken,
while long-standing jinx of not getting on the podium in some sports was destroyed,”
he said.
“This signposts a brighter and better future for Nigerian
sports development.”
The minister assured the Nigerian team of a presidential
reception at a date to be announced soon.
Dare added that their performance was appreciated by the
entire Nigerians.
Wale Tinubu, the group chief executive of Oando Plc, also
announced that his company would give cash rewards to all the Team Nigeria
medalists at the games.
“Oando will match whatever cash reward is already in place
for the athletes by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development,” Tinubu said
on Monday
This implies that gold medal winners will get another $5,000
each; silver medal $3,000, and bronze medal $2,000 from the oil company.
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