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NIGERIA VOLLEYBALL TEAM WILL PROVE DOUBTERS WRONG IN AFRICA GAMES QUALIFIERS, SAYS COACH NUHU

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BY DARE KUTI

As the qualification for the 2019 African Games begins in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, head coach of the Nigerian volleyball team, Japhet Nuhu is optimistic of scaling the hurdles.

The Zone 3 Men’s All Africa Games Qualifiers men come up from 17 to 25 May, 2019.

Nuhu stated this during training session in Kaduna. He also remarked that the players are in high spirit.

The Niger Brass coach said, “I believe the set of players in camp for the All Africa Games Qualifiers will succeed. The pressure is high, some believe we cannot perform but we will prove doubters wrong.

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“The level of preparations is in top gear and the players are in high spirit”.

He revealed that the country is about to witness a new generation of volleyball players adding that for a nation to succeed they have to invest in the younger generation.

Nuhu said, “Anyone that has the young generation in mind means that he is building for the future. The present administration has a future for volleyball in Nigeria that is why we are ensuring we encourage the younger players.

“Most of the younger players will be representing Nigeria at the World Championships and of course they need exposure and working. That is why we feel they should be part of the All African Games qualifiers preparations”.

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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