For the qualifiers for France 2024 Olympic Games and Ghana 2024 All Africa Games

Prince Babatunde Omisore: No stone will be left unturned to ensure Nigeria’s qualification for international events

By Rasheed Adewuyi

Nigeria volleyball Federation (NVBF), is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that the male and female national teams qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in France and the All Africa Games in Ghana next year.

The first junior national team captain and the Nigeria Volleyball Federation board member , Tunde Omisore who made this disclosure in an interview with Sports Joust said the male and the female national teams are battle ready for the Africa qualifiers later this year.

“The teams are ready for the Africa qualifiers because we have commenced training since the beginning of the year. The Federation and the coaches want the players to be in good shape before the Africa Volleyball governing body releases the fixtures for the qualifying rounds. Foreign based players will join them as soon as we receive the fixtures” he said.

Omisore called on corporate bodies and benevolent Nigerians to assist the Volleyball Federation financially to enable the body prepare for the Olympic Games, Africa qualifiers, the local leagues and the male and female under 19 world cups in Argentina and Hungary.

“Lack of funds and sponsors are the reasons the federation’s league and the Premier league division one and two are not well grounded at this stage as planned by the Federation,” he added.

Omisore said all the 36 states of the federation including the federal capital territory Abuja would be given the opportunity to host the premier and the standard leagues once there’s is a sponsor.

Omisore represented Oyo state at the national Sports festival held in Ibadan in 1982. Oyo state defeated Lagos in the final of the Volleyball event to win the gold medal.