The Minister of Sports, Senator John Owan Enoh, yesterday received in his Abuja office, fast rising gymnastic sensation, Stephanie Ogechukwu Onusiriuka, who won four gold medals at the just concluded National Youth Games in Asaba.
Senator Enoh congratulated the youngster on her achievements and promised that the Ministry will pay close attention to her growth and development.
“I am very proud of you. There is greater pride and joy competing for your country and on the national stage. I will be interested in following up with your career, as you develop through the coming years.”
“The country is excited about talents like this. She has demonstrated huge potential and she is a microcosm of the talent abundance in Nigeria.
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“We are enthusiastic and focused on their development and transition, up to the level of one day being Olympians” he added.
Onusiriuka won gold medals in the gymnastics beam event, floor event, vault event and topped it with another gold as the best all-round gymnast in the country in Asaba.
It will be recalled that at the last National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, she won one gold, two silver and a bronze medal.
At the African Club Championship, Pretoria 2019 and 2022, she picked up a gold medal too.
