This is in fulfillment of the commitment of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare to make early preparation for the event.

The camping started on Monday.

According to the Acting Director Of Field and Elites Athletes Dr. Simeon  Ebhojiaye, the athletes for the Olympics would be camped for three weeks in Port-Harcourt, Abuja and Yenogoa.

In Port-Harcout, fourteen track and field athletes under the supervision of two coaches are in camp, in Abuja, eight para athletes, 14 para table tennis players and eight weightlifters are in camp, while eight wrestlers are camped in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State under the supervision of two coaches.

The first phase of camping was opened at the High Altitude training centre, Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State with four atheletes.

The Pankshin camp was used as a pilot to revive middle and long distance races in the country.

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This would also ensure that proper records are kept to enable youth derive maximum opportunities.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development,  Mr. Sunday Dare said the data base would soon be created  for the  Nigerian Youth to address unemployment, age cheats and counter falsehood.

Speaking during the sixth edition of Town Hall Meeting  on Friday, the minister reiterated that there were so many  opportunities for jobs, empowerment and  training for the benefit of the youth.

He explained that youths should avail themselves of the stream of opportunities and how to get trained.

“For NYIF, it is important to note that the Fund is for youth  between ages 18-35. Thus if you are older than 35 years you will have difficulties in completing the  application process. From time to time there are minor difficulties in the platform.  We have decided to use a better platform which the federal government used to  recruit people for previous programmes. This platform makes adjustments, has flexible feature and complaints  can be  easily taken care of,” he said.

The minister further stated that “if the application is successful, the youth would undergo another process  of being trained by Entrepreneur Development Institute, EDI, who are certified trainers.”

He assured that there would be a review of the  process of application to train as many people as possible to benefit from  the loan.

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They said fans should not be allowed for the Nations Cup game against Sierra Leone.

In a letter to the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip  Shaibu, the Ministry  said: “The Ministry  wishes to bring to your  urgent attention  that in compliance with the  condition of no gathering agreed upon by the Ministry and the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 before the Federal Government opened up football and contacts sports, the match between Nigeria and Sierra Leone will not have any audience and no gathering save for players, match officials and government officials from both countries. Testings must be conducted on all of them prior to the match.

The ministry further disclosed: “The no gathering, no audience for football and contact sports is still in force. Which means there shall be no gathering for the Nigerian  vs Sierra Leone match as any violation  of this condition may lead to a roll back of the opening up of football and contact sports in the country.

“The PTF and the Ministry are on the same  page on this matter and the protocol for clearances rests with both the Ministry and the PTF when it comes to staging any sports event in Nigeria. Full compliance with  COVID-19  protocols  is to be  enforced.”

The PTF is worried about a spike following a second wave of  COVID-19  and is considering another lockdown .

The Edo State government had announced that the  gates  would be thrown open to allow fans watch the game.

The match is billed for the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin.

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