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Our Aspiration is to have best 2024 Olympics outing, House committee on Sports

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2 years ago

May 31, 2024

…Gives NOC President Gumel Five-day Ultimatum To Appear Before Committee

Joel Ajayi

The House Committee on Sports on Thursday has revealed that the desire of the green chamber is to ensure better preparation that will bring best result for the team Nigeria for the forthcoming 2024 Paris Olympics, not to fighting anyone.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Sports, Hon. Ekene Adam, stated this after it rescheduled meeting with the NOC in Abuja to assess the country’s preparation for the forthcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.

He explained that although some people think he is fighting them, the aspiration of the House is to see the advancement of sports in the country.”

According to him, the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, his Excellency, President Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu is keen and concerned about the impact of sports on its citizens, and as such, the committee is saddled up to interface with the NOC to know how prepared they are in the build up to the games—–knowing that the Olympics is a serious business that should not be treated with kids gloves, as winning will not occur on grounds of serendipity.

“Nigerian’s wants to hear from him about the preparation for the Olympics, the president of the federal Republic of Nigeria has interest in sports, and he demonstrated it yesterday in the one year anniversary celebration to tell Nigerians that he wants to take the country to the next level using sports which is a unifying factor in this country”

“Sports is the only vehicle that gives the synergy to move the country forward, so we just asked the Olympics committee to go and appear before the house by thursday next week so that they can brief us proper over the preparation of the Olympics”

“Anybody that comes here apart from the president on proxy we might say no, so we felt, we should invite him in person, and let him respect the voice of the country to appear before the house next week”

Meanwhile, for NOC members who was at National Assembly Complex without its President, Engr. Habu Gumel, the House Committee on sports Thursday refused to meet with the members of the Nigeria Olympic Committee who was led by the vice president, Chief Solomon Ogba.

However,, the Honourable Ekene Adams led committee issued a five day ultimatum to Engr Habu Gumel to appear before the house to explain to Nigerians their level of preparation ahead of the start of the games.

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Agada Shines with Brace as Orijent Beat Karlovac 2-0

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8 hours ago

October 24, 2026

The Gleamer

Nigerian forward Charles Adah Agada scored twice as HNK Orijent secured a 2-0 away victory over Karlovac 1919 in the Croatian SuperSport Prva NL on Saturday.

Orijent produced an impressive performance at the Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Stadium in Karlovac to claim all three points in the league encounter.

Agada, a former Mavlon FC of Lagos attacker, was the standout performer, finding the net twice to help the visitors overcome their hosts and strengthen their position in the league campaign.
Orijent went into the half-time break with a 1-0 advantage before extending their lead in the second half.

The Nigerian striker completed his brace with the goal that made it 2-0 in the 57th minute.
Karlovac were unable to find a response as Orijent held on to their advantage to secure victory away from home.

The result represents an important boost for Orijent, who will look to build on the performance in their subsequent league fixtures.

For Agada, the brace underlines his value to the team as Orijent continue their campaign in Croatia’s second-tier football competition.

He has built an important role on loan at the club and has successfully established himself as a regular fixture in their lineup, appearing in all 8 league matches so far this season.

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