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Team Nigeria first batch departs for Japan Tuesday, ahead Tokyo Olympics

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The first batch of Team Nigeria will on Tuesday depart Nigeria for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with the second batch due to depart on July 13. Simeon Ebhojiaye, Director, Federation of Elites Athletes Department (FEAD), Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

He said the team members would depart through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by Ethiopian Airlines. They include the Canoeing team Ayomide Bello and her coach Ebenezer Ukwunna, Esther Toko and her coach Regina Enofe of Rowing event alongside Secretary-General Olubunmi Oluode

He also said in the team, were the Special Adviser on Sports to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mary Onyali, Medical crew of Dr Samuel Ogbondeminu, Okoh Joseph, Abdulsalam Shuaibu and Ekundayo Ogunkunle.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an advance team of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development officials on Monday departed via the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

Nigeria will be competing in nine sports at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics scheduled from July 23 to Aug.8. The Paralympians will be competing in four sports from Aug. 24 to Sept.

The organising committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is also making preparations for thorough coronavirus measures during the summer games. While Japan has not suffered as badly as other nations, the government has struggled to cope with a recent surge in cases

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