Nigerian Army Athletes Receive Medals of Honours

Nigerian Army Athletes Receive Medal of Honours

The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports has held an awards night for national athletes who won laurels for the country at international Championships held in 2017. The ceremony took place at the Package A of the National Stadium Abuja amidst pomp and pageantry.

Three Nigerian Army Athletes and two coaches received awards for outstanding performances which were handed over to them by the Honourable Minister for Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalong. The athletes were; Private Tochukwu Okeke who won a Bronze Medal at the Senior African Wrestling Championship held at Marrakech, Morocco in April 2017, Private Winnie Gofit, who won a Gold Medal at the African Judo Championship held at Dakar, Senegal in November 2017 and Lance Corporal Yetunde Odunuga, who won a Silver Medal at the African Boxing Championship held at Congo-Brazzaville in June 2017.

The award winning coaches include Warrant Officer Miller Waribo for Judo and Staff Sergeant Umar Mohammed for boxing. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai has congratulated the athletes and coaches for the feats achieved and awards.

Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman
Director Army Public Relations