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November 15, 2019
President of the International Olympic Committee, IOCThomas Bach has urged the Federal Government to strengthen grassroots sportsdevelopment and infrastructure in order to produce more Olympic champions.
Bach gave the advice in Abuja during an interactivesession with Nigerian Olympians as part of his two-day working visit toNigeria, saying the visit was part of efforts to support the country’s Olympicpreparations and further boost the ideals of the Olympics.
IOC Boss, thereafter, toured the Moshood AbiolaNational Stadium, Abuja, and visited an NOC partner-school as part of hisworking visit.
Bach rounded off his engagement for the visit with theinauguration of the National Olympic Committee of Africa, ANOCA headquartersbuilding in Abuja. He said the inauguration of the building would automaticallytransform Nigeria to the capital of Olympic sports in Africa.
Earlier, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare described the event as a great landmark in the development of sports in Africa. He recalled that the journey to the commissioning started about 13 years ago when Nigeria, alongside six other African countries, bide to host the headquarters of ANOCA.