Paris 2024: Adeboye urges patience as Team Nigeria shifts focus to Paralympics

Team Nigeria returned without a single medal, marking the third time the country has failed to win a medal at the Olympics, after Seoul 1988 and London 2012.

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He added, “I will however call for patience as the minister just spent just a year before the Games and it is very difficult for him to be involved in what was supposed to be four years of preparation.” He also emphasized the presence of young athletes, stating, “We also have some young athletes taking part for the first time and I can tell you that these are the future.”PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth, meticulously researched news and information.

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