At the video presentation held at Abuja, the minister for youth and sports Solomon Dalung commended the IOC for “developing a mechanism for Africa to be taken along through the changes introduced in the organisation of the Youth Olympics.”
He also assured the committee that the Nigeria has the caacity to deliver.
The IOC members led by the Associate Director for the Youth Olympic Games, Antoine Goetschy had this to say:
“We are here to see what you have to propose and to show you an overview of what we want in a host city. The objective of our visit is for the proposing host nation to understand the strategic alignment and stakeholders engagement and the potential operational footprint”
Solomon Dalung Is optimistic that Nigeria will be chosen to host the even, according to him: “Abuja as a city has most of the requirements as enumerated to us by the IOC in a video presentation. We hope that at the end of the day, Nigeria will be chosen to host the 2022 Games for Africa,”
Other countries that also bid for the spot include Botswana, Tunisia and Senegal.
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