By 
Michael Odetunde

Minister of Sports Development ,Senator John Owan Enoh has said every focus  would be on the welfare of athletes at the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana. 

The Media aide to the Minister, Kola Daniel stated this during interaction on Super Interview session held on the Nigeria's leading WhatsApp platform *Sports World* on Tuesday.

Kola Daniel while fielding questions on behalf of the Minister noted that, the focus of the Senator John Owan Enoh is to see to the welfare of athletes and gives instant rewards to podium finishing ones. "Our athletes must be in the right frame of mind before the commencement of competition ,during and of course after". He posited 

Kola added that the Minister went to some of the camps to see the athletes and have an interactive sessions with them even though some athletes are presently in Ghana to hoist the Nigeria flag high and the main target is to win the 13th edition of the competition 

He further reiterated that, Nigerians should be expecting medals as the team are going to surpass previous records at the tournament. 

He hinted that the team has 358 athletes who are going to be jostling for medals for the country in 25 sports. 

Mr Kola Daniel cited and believed that, the team will have medals in sports like: Wrestling, Football, Table Tennis, Handball and hosts of other sports at the tournament. 

"Nigeria are proud nation in the sporting activities and have led a formidable track for others to follow.Nigeria headed second position in the previous African Games but we can do better this time around with the potential at our disposal in the country. Some athletes in Ghana right now are ready to die for Nigeria ".

" We came second in Rabat, Morocco in 2019 behind Egypt. This time around, we have potential who are ready to die for their fatherland, so the preparation have been fantastic" . He noted. 

The Ogbomosho bred journalist concluded that, the preparation have been fantastic as every athlete is looking towards countless podium performance and  that can as well put smiles in the faces of sports lovers in the country.

" So the preparation have been fantastic, everyone is in the right frame of mind, everyone is looking towards a podium performance even as we await countless podium performance that can as well put smiles in the face of sports lovers and enthusiasts in the country" He concluded.

Nigeria came second behind Egypt in 2019 with 46 Gold Medals, 33 Silver and 48 Bronze totalling 127 Medals . The opening ceremony of 13th African Games is billed to take place from 8 to 23 of March,2024 in Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast