FG drums support for 2014 Commonwealth Games bid
The federal government has called on the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) to help mobilise support from countries for the success of Nigeria's 2014 Commonwealth Games bid.
Bala Ka'oje Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) made the call at the opening of the executive committee meeting of the association in Abuja.
``I want to inform you that our great President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged me to convey this appeal to you to help mobilise support from countries in your fold towards the actualisation of the 2014 Commonwealth Games bid,'' Ka'oje said.
He commended ANOCA's leadership for the smooth take off of the association' s secretariat in Abuja following its relocation from Yaounde in Cameroun.
``The President was quite impressed with your efforts in the prompt relocation to Abuja and has urged me to inform you of the country's readiness to assist you in any way possible,'' Ka'oje said.
In his remarks, Habu Gumel President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) thanked the federal government for its assistance in the relocation of the ANOCA secretariat in Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ANOCA secretariat was relocated to Abuja in November last year after the country won the bid to host it.
The secretariat was originally located in Cameroun.