Africa: 2019 AAG - Buhari Charges Team Nigeria to Win Clean Medals

15 August 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigeria's contingent to the 12th All Africa Games scheduled to hold in Rabat, Morocco to avoid use of performance enhancing drugs, urging them to win only clean medals for the country. A total of 562 athletes and officials will represent Nigeria at the Games.

President Buhari who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha at the occasion of the handing over of the athletes to the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development noted that the country would be proud of them even when they fail to win any medal than win and later stripped because of use of drugs.

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