Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said Kenyans are not happy with Nigeria based on the successes Nigerian athletes have recorded in recent times.
He said a lot of countries including Jamaica, United Kingdom and Kenya wanted to beat Nigeria in the fields of Athletics, following the country’s good outing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Dare stated this when he addressed State House correspondents at the weekly Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team led by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Thursday.
According to him, a lot of foreign athletes are looking forward to future sports competitions, including France 2024 to beat Nigerian athletes.
He said: ”So for sports, as the focus is now that’s where we are, we are preparing for France 2024.
”Already we have a big fill in from Oregon, we have a big fill in from Commonwealth, we are all aware that right now a lot of people want to beat us. The Jamaicans are not happy with us. The Britons are not happy with us.
”The Kenyans are not happy with us because of what happened. So we know that we really need to keep at it. So that won’t get to France 2024, the standard we have set, we’ll try to go above it.
”And I’m sure that our athletes can do it.”
