French Olympic President congratulates Gumel, other NOC executive

The next hosts of the 2024 Olympic Games, France have congratulated the re-elected Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) President Engr. Habu Ahmed Gumel and his newly elected Executive Committee.

This was revealed in a statement, Sunday, by the NOC spokesman Tony Nezianya.

The statement said the French Olympic President, Ms Brigitte Henriques, wished the NOC, all the best and look forward to cooperating through the future Olympic Games to be staged by Paris, ‘’the Romantic City of Love’

‘’I wish you a successful mandate via an election you won as the President of Nigeria on December 15, 2022, to promote Sports Values in Nigeria,” she said.

The elections were held in the sleepy city of Jalingo in the North East part of the county.

‘’I trust in your ability to steer your Olympic Committee to succeed in the upcoming sports events,” she added.

It was a Frenchman Baron Pierre De Coubaton that founded the Modern Olympics in 1896.