- Paris 2024 Paralympic Games is billed for Aug. 28 to Sept. 8
The Federal Government has announced an upward review of the winning bonuses for Nigeria’s Paralympic athletes participating in the forthcoming 2024 Paralympic Games.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games is billed for Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.
This is contained in a statement issued by Mrs Kehinde Ajayi, Director of Press in the Ministry of Sports Development in Abuja.
Ajayi quoted the minister, Sen. John Owan Enoh, as saying this during an interactive session with the para-athletes in their training camp at Saarbrucken, Germany.
Enoh said that the renewed bonus template provides $15,000, $10,000, and $5,000 for gold, silver, and bronze medal winners, respectively.
This, according to the minister, is in sharp contrast with what was obtained during the just concluded Olympic Games, where $5, 000, $3,000, and $2,000 were earmarked for winners of gold, silver, and bronze, respectively.
He explained that the gesture is part of the Federal Government’s recognition and appreciation of the sacrifices, dedication, and commitment of the athletes in striving to represent the country and make it proud in the comity of nations.
The minister urged the athletes to see the gesture as a morale booster aimed at re-energizing the sports spirit in them, re-awakening their patriotism, and giving them the much-desired courage to propel them to glory.
Enoh emphasised the need for the athletes to do better than Team Nigeria’s poor performance at the just-concluded Olympic Games.
“The country (Nigeria) as it is now is not in a happy mood, and I need all of you to look at yourselves as those people that are going to create and bring back joy,” Enoh added.