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NIGERIA’S SPORTS MINISTER, SUNDAY DARE EXCITED ABOUT TEAM NIGERIA

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BY KUNLE SOLAJA, RABAT

On the occasion of his first week in office as sports minister of Nigeria, Sunday Dare arrived Rabat, the host city of the ongoing 12th African Games.

He is already soaking the excitement of the performance of the Nigerian athletes as he was at some of the venues where Nigeria won medals.

Early Thursday morning, he took to his twitter handle to share his excitement about the performances of the Nigerian team and the prospects of more laurels.

He wrote: “Rabat 2019. Team Nigeria. The athletes here continue to display uncanny skills and ruthless execution. Nigeria is in 4 finals in Badminton: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s & Women’s Doubles.”

He is expected at the venues of some of the events where medal prospects are high. A high profile official of the sports ministry informed www.sportsvillagesquare.com that the minister is expected to watch the Nigeria versus Cameroon football final.

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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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