Ethiopian Airlines wishes Nigerian Olympic team best of luck, as team departs for Japan

The Ethiopian Airlines Manager in Abuja Senait Ataklet joined other dignitaries in Abuja to see off the Nigerian Team leaving for Japan.

Chairperson of the Nigerian Olympic Committee, Mr Ahmed Gumel and the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria were also present. 

The second batch of Nigerian athletes departed recently for Japan aboard Ethiopian Airlines.  

Ethiopian Airlines is the Airline of choice for Team Nigeria for the Tokyo Olympics. It is the only African airline that flies to Japan straight from Africa.

The Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, was quoted as saying, “As of today, Nigeria has qualified 61 athletes across nine sports for the Olympics, and 22 athletes in four sports for the Paralympic Games, which are: Athletics-22, Badminton-3, Basketball-24, Canoe sprint-1, Gymnastic-1, Rowing-1, Taekwondo-1, TableTennis-1, Wrestling-1 which sums up to 61 and for Paralympic Games we have; Para Athletics-5, Para Powerlifting-10, power rowing-1, Para Table Tennis-6 summing up to 22.”

 Ethiopian Airlines manager Mrs Ataklet told the team leader “We are proud to fly Team Nigeria to Japan and we will be highly excited to help them bring the medals home after the games.”

 

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