Potentials Abound At Festival – Judo Director

The Nigeria Judo Federation (NJF) Technical Director, Aliu Mohammed has said that potential judokas abound at the ongoing 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt.

Mohammed disclosed this correspondents on Thursday at the Judo events holding at the Civic Centre in Port Harcourt.

He said from the arrays of potentials he had seen so far, Nigeria is at a vantage position of winning medals at the international competitions especially African and European Championships.

He also said that government should strive to  expose  judokas to international competitions for them to perform optimally at international championships.

He said that the states taking part at the sports festival were equipped and full of energy  to excel at the biennial competitions.

“We are seeing new talents and lots of potentials at this sports festival, what they need to excel at international competition is exposure.

“We are pleading with the government to help them in this area so that Nigeria can be receiving medals at international competitions,“  he said.

He said NJF is preparing seriously for the All African Games in Maputo in September saying that he was optimistic that the arrays of potentials at the festival will be called to national camp after the festival.