The International Olympic Committee
(IOC)‘s wish to have the 2022 Youth Olympic Games in Africa,
Nigeria has submitted a bid to host the games.
According to ThisDay, making a video presentation in Abuja, the
sports minister, Solomon Dalung, said the city of Abuja
is ready as it has hosted other competitions in the past. he said:
I want to commend the IOC for developing a
mechanism for Africa to be taken along through the changes introduced in the
organisation of the Youth Olympics. I want to assure you that the capacity of
the country to deliver is not in doubt. We will ensure that we package a brand
of the Youth Games which after 2022, will set an agenda for the IOC to emulate.
Abuja is ready to host because we have hosted
international competitions in the past. Moreover, the IOC has emphasised that
countries seeking to host the games should not build new structures but improve
on their existing ones or make use of temporary facilities which will be
dismantled after the games. We have the organisational capacity, the experience
and the technical know-how to host.
Abuja as a city has most of the requirements as
enumerated to us by the IOC in a video presentation.
We hope that at the end of the day, Nigeria will
be chosen to host the 2022 Games for Africa.
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