He said: “Preparations for the All-Africa Games (AAG) is an on-going exercise. It is continuous and camping of athletes is just one aspect of it so, if we don't have all ath- letes in camp for the games at the moment, Nigerians should not be alarmed. We are really preparing. Camping is only an aspect of preparations; there are other very im- portant aspects, such as the exposure of athletes to various competitions both home and abroad.”
“This helps to keep them busy through competitions, not just being kept in camps. The point is that our athletes are currently busy in many competitions across the world. For example, our Paralympics athletes are in Dubai for a competition and they have been doing well and setting new records. This, I can confidently inform, is part of their preparations not only for the AAG but the 2012 Olympics in London,” he added.
Already Adedoja said that various sports federations in the country whose athletes would be competing in Mozambique had been staging various local competitions while also sending them to international competitions. Also the country’s handball team is optimistic that it will pick the gold medals in the handball event of the games.
The President of the Handball Federation of Nigeria, Mr. Yussuf Dauda in a recent in- terview with Tribune sports said the HFN had put the necessary machinery in place to displace Egypt and Angola in the game. “We are preparing our national teams for gold medals and Nigeria is the team to beat in the All Africa Games," he said. Dauda said the HFN had so far spent N4million on the camping of the handballers in Isanlu.
Also South Africa are under intensive preparation for the games and already, their fe- male team, the Banyana
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