DALUNG RECONSTITUTES NIGERIA 'HOSPITALITY' HOUSE PROJECT COMMITTEE

The Nigeria 'Hospitality' House Project Committee for the 2016 Olympic Games in RIO has been re- constituted.

The 15-man committee earlier inaugurated by the Director General of the National Sports Commission Alhassan Yakmut on November 05, 2015 has now been reduced to 7.

The re-constituted committee has Alhaji Mohammed B. Abdullahi as Chairman and project coordinator while the Nigeria Olympic Committee will be represented by Hon. Bappa A. Missau.

Other members of the committee include Shamma Makpa, a Sports Officer at the National Sports Commission, Okechukwu Nebo, Head of Chancery, Nigerian Embassy in Brazil and three ministerial nominees, Alhaji Bala Usman, Tar Ukoh and Mrs Adeshola Ndu.

The Nigeria 'Hospitality' House Project Committee which will be inaugurated tomorrow ( Tuesday) by the Hon Minister for Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung is to promote and showcase the country's culture at the Rio Olympic Games in August this year.

NOC Congratulates D'Tigers, Task Qualification....

The  President of the Nigeian Olympic Committee Engineer Habu Gumel  has sent a congratulatory message to the camp of the Nigerian men national team ahead of their 2nd leg clash against Burkina Faso on Wednesday.

In the letter addressed to the Nigerian Basketball Federation,  Engr Gumel said

" The Board and Members of the Nigeria Olympic Committee congratulate you and the entire Basketball Family on your outstanding performance in the 4 Nations Invitational Championship that took place in South Africa".

We hope this achievement will open doors to more successes in the future tournaments and particularly the qualifiers for the 2015 Afrobasket and All African Games in Tunisia and Congo Brazzaville respectively.

Nigeria beat Burkina Faso 83-57 in Ouagadouguo in the 1st leg , and will hope to seal qualification to both continental showpiece in Lagos, at the National stadium on Wednesday.