Paralympic Committee Nigeria President, Brig. General Emico Eruwa (Rtd) has expressed his unhappiness over the lack for support special sports in the country.
Speaking to journalists during the second edition of the FCT Para-Athletics competition, Eruwa said the private sector should do more to develop special sports in Nigeria.
“Sports funding should come from private sector, for now we have not getting enough needed for the development of special sport in the country.
“I am the president of Wheelchair basketball federation, if we want to host any tournaments we pay the secondary schools for them to come and watch it. On our parts we are working seriously to have a brand, so as to attract sponsorship.
“Like every other major outing the expectation comes from the Para Olympic group, so we will stick with what we are used too and come out in glorious form,” he said.
Speaking further, Eruwa said he expects Team Nigeria for next year’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo to win medals for the country.
“Nigerians should expect medal from weighting, athletics and even canoeing because canoeing is becoming very popular in Nigeria and the team are doing well.
“Most importantly weighting we will go there and dominate game at the Para Olympic, Nigerians saw what happened at the world hosted in Abuja. We dominated the games and we will carry the same momentum to the Para Olympic,” he noted.