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Caretaker committee chairman of the Nigeria wrestling federation, Hon. Daniel Igali has disclosed succession plans for the incoming president of the wrestling federation.
Ahead of elections, into the federation’s offices, the proactive Igali is already looking at how and where to source funds to make the sustainability of current athletes seamless for the incoming administration.
In a chat with brila.net, he stated that his objective is to ensure a sustained succession plan for the athletes.
The former wrestler wants the incoming administration to capitalize on the little success they had from the recent Olympics where team Nigeria wrestling won a Silver medal in Tokyo.
“My goal is to make sure that I have a sustainable plan for these athletes, which inform us to have a good communication with the federal government because sports like basketball, football, etc have direct funding from the federal budget and I think wrestling, deserves that status as well.”
“So, we need to do a bit more in terms of funding and I think wrestling deserve that funding not only from the federal government but we need to look at the small or the little success we had at least from this Olympics for us to have private individuals that will give us that assurance of sponsorship.”
