The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is the
National Olympic Committee
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for
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
, responsible for co-ordinating and supporting Nigerian competitors in the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
. It is also the body responsible for Nigeria's representation at the
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
.
Leadership
The President of the NOC as of 2011 was
Sani Ndanusa
Sani Ndanusa (born 5 May 1957) is a Nigerian civil servant who was appointed Minister of Youths, Sports and Social Development in December 2008.
He left office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.
Sani Ndan ...
who had been Minister of Sports from 17 December 2008 to 17 March 2010.
Ndanusa first said he aspired to become NOC President when he was Minister of Sports, but in November 2009 the NOC screening committee disqualified him on the basis that documents he had submitted were allegedly "forged, altered and not dated".
[
To be eligible for NOC President a candidate has to have served for four years in an executive position in an international sports federation. The NOC said that Ndanusa had not yet served for four years as vice-president of the ]Confederation of African Tennis
Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) (french: Confédération Africaine de tennis ) is the continental governing body of tennis in Africa. It is the non-profit private organization based in Tunis and affiliated with International Tennis Federati ...
, and alleged that his election as President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation was invalid since he did not attend the election.
Ndanusa responded by suspending the incumbent NOC President Habu Gumel
Habu Gumel was born on 1 April 1949, in Gumel, Jigawa State, in Nigeria. He is currently the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) President and an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee. Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to the delay o ...
from his post as President of the Nigeria Volley Ball Federation and setting up a commission of inquiry into the allegations.[
He was elected in September 2010 to replace former president Habu Gumel, and Tunde Popola was elected as Secretary General with 21 votes against two votes for the incumbent Banji Oladapo.
At first, the IOC declared that the election was invalid since the outgoing President and Secretary General of the NOC had not been present.][
A second election was held at which Ndanusa was the only candidate and the IOC accepted the result.
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Activities
Due to a growing number of court cases related to sports in Nigeria, in January 2011 the NOC began the process to establish a local branch of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its co ...
.
Engineer Sani Ndanusa said "We are highly disturbed by the number of court cases in Nigerian sports. If we do not check this ugly incident, Nigerian sports will slide into the valley".
On 5 July 2011, the NOC again delayed inauguration of the new board of the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation
The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) is the governing body for rugby union in Nigeria. It is affiliated to the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Rugby Africa and World Rugby.
The NRFF is constituted with a democratic board headed by President; A ...
(NRFF) when key members of the NRFF board failed to show up.
On 14 July 2011 the NOC finally brought together the feuding parties of NRFF, inaugurating a new board. The NOC Scribe, Honourable Tunde Popoola wiped away tears at the ceremony.
Nigeria performed poorly at the September 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, coming third after South Africa and Egypt. However NOC 1st vice-chairman Jonathan Nnaji said this was due to an arbitrary selection of events by the organiser, excluding sports such as weightlifting, wrestling and power lifting in which Nigeria traditionally excels. He said the results should not be taken as indicating how well the country would perform in the Olympics.
In October 2011, the Super Eagles, Nigeria's national football team, was ousted from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...
to be held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Sani Ndanusa, President of the NOC, called for earlier and more intense training to ensure success in future competitions.
2012 Olympics
In January 2011 the NOC announced that it had chosen Loughborough University
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as training camps for Team Nigeria prior to the London 2012 Olympic Games
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, a location that would also be used by the Japanese athletes.
In June 2011 the NOC signed a deal for its team to train at the University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institut ...
.
Speaking at the contract signing ceremony, Ndanusa said Nigeria was ready to confront the World. He said "In the past Olympics, we've been participating but come 2012, we’ll compete with other Nations".
In July 2011 Youdees Integrated Services Limited (YISL) was appointed Official Partners of the NOC to manage the 2012 Olympic Games commercial promotions scheme. The marketing consultants were to re-position the organisation and raise funds for the 2012 Games in London.
That month a partnership between the Bank of Industry and the Nigeria Olympic Committee was announced.
The goal was to exploit all the business opportunities that would be available before, during and after the 2012 London Olympics.
The Bank's CEO, Evelyn Oputu, said "The project will provide jobs, expose investment opportunities and create the new image that we want for Nigeria".
In August 2011 the NOC said it had a budget of $220,000 with the goal of obtaining 11 gold medals at the 2012 Olympic Games.
The NOC said that 11 athletes would each receive $4,000 every three months in the lead up to the games, and these payments had started the previous month.
The athletes were not named, but were drawn from athletics, weightlifting, canoeing and taekwando.
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Affiliations
The NOC is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee
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(IOC) and is a member of the Association of National Olympic Committees
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(ANOC) and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (acronym: ANOCA; french: Association des Comités Nationaux Olympiques d'Afrique, ACNOA, ar, رابطة اللجان الأولمبية الوطنية في إفريقيا) is an internati ...
(ANOCA).
Affiliated organisations in Nigeria include:
* Nigeria Amateur Boxing Federation
*Nigeria Amateur Wrestling Federation
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
*Athletics Federation of Nigeria The Athletics Federation of Nigeria is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Nigeria. It is a member of the Confederation of African Athletics and the International Association of Athletics Federations.
It was founded as the Central Com ...
*Nigeria Baseball & Softball Federation
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
*Cycling Federation of Nigeria
The Cycling Federation of Nigeria or CFN was established in 1972 as the national Sports governing body, governing body of Bicycle racing, cycle racing in Nigeria. It is a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale, International Cycling Union and ...
*Nigerian Fencing Federation
The Nigerian Fencing Federation is the governing body that regulates and oversee the Olympic sport of fencing in Nigeria. Affiliated to the Nigeria Olympic Committee, the body is responsible for organizing fencing competitions locally and selectin ...
*Nigeria Football Federation
The Nigeria Football Federation (known as Nigeria Football Association until 2008) is Nigeria's football governing body. It was formally launched in 1945 and formed the first Nigerian national football team in 1949. It joined CAF in 1959 and FIF ...
*Nigeria Gymnastics Federation
The Gymnastics Federation of Nigeria is the overall governing body of the sports of gymnastics in Nigeria. Established in 1975, the body is affiliated to the International Federation of Gymnastics with the mission of “an all round development of ...
*Handball Federation of Nigeria
The Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball in Federal Republic of Nigeria. Founded in 1972, HFN is a member of African Handball Confederation (CAHB) and the International ...
*Nigeria Hockey Federation
The Nigeria Hockey Federation (NHF) is the sports governing body, governing body of field hockey in Nigeria. It is affiliated to IHF International Hockey Federation and AHF African Hockey Federation. The headquarter of NHF is in Abuja, Nigeria.
...
*Nigeria Rugby Football Federation
The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) is the governing body for rugby union in Nigeria. It is affiliated to the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Rugby Africa and World Rugby.
The NRFF is constituted with a democratic board headed by President; A ...
* Nigeria Table Tennis Association
*Nigeria Taekwondo Federation
Nigeria Taekwondo Federation is a member of the African umbrella organization African Taekwondo Union (ATU) as well as the World Association for World Taekwondo (WT).
On the part of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, the NOC is the only Taekwondo As ...
* Nigeria Tennis Federation
* Nigeria Weightlifting Federation
* Nigerian Roller Sports Federation
* Nigeria Volleyball Federation
See also
*Nigeria at the Olympics
Nigeria first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. The nation participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018, havin ...
* Nigeria at the Commonwealth Games
References
External links
Official website
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Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
Oly
Oly may refer to:
* Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States
* OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics
People with the name
* Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician
* Oly Hicks (born 1968 ...
Nigeria at the Olympics
1951 establishments in Nigeria
Organizations based in Lagos