The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has said he is not in the best position to tell Nigerians how many medals Team Nigeria will win at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He claimed that such a question ought to be directed to the athletes.
According to report, when he was asked the number of medals Nigerians should expect, he said: “I am not going to be one of the athletes who will beat their chest on the number of medals to win.
As for the preparation, he said " I can assure you that we are indeed ready and at the stages of moving into camping, which is the final stage before heading to Rio.
“By this weekend, we will head to Philadelphia to assess the state of our athletes who have been camping there." He concluded his speech with this very glamorous words, he said “Sports is not magic, we can only do our best and leave the rest to God.”