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Former Athletics Federation of Nigeria president, Dan Ngerem, has been named Ambassador of the Olympafrica International Foundation.
Olympafrica International Foundation was founded in 1989 by former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch in conjunction with the Association of National Olympic Committee of Africa.
It’s meant to promote the social values of the Olympics in Africa, especially in the area of youth sports development, youth centres, education, health, training and socioeconomic initiatives that will impact in the life of athletes when their sports careers are over.
ANOCA president Moustapha Berraf, in a letter of appointment to Ngerem, said they were banking on his expertise, dedication and passion for sports to bring a positive change to African youths.
Speaking on joining the ambassador’s club of the organization, Ngerem noted that his interest was to ensure that the youths were empowered through sports and when it is all over they would have something to fall back on and have a good life.
“By 2030 African will constitute over 42 per cent of global youths, according to World Economic Forum, and I am pleased that the Olympafrica is at the epicenter of reimagining youth engagement, youth empowerment and nurturing our youths through sports,” Ngerem said.
“I’ve partnered with Olympafrica in some projects and, so, I am particularly pleased to act as an ambassador to Olympafrica to foster this excellent engagement.
“Indeed the empowerment vision in Africa is the gold standard others should copy and paste. Why am I interested? Because there should be life after sports, sustainable, fruitful life after sports, because the ovation will stop one day.”