OBORUDUDU, BRUME REWARDED AS FGN REDEEMS PLEDGE

Oru Leonard

The Federal Government of Nigeria has instantly redeemed her pleadge of rewarding Olympians who has already clinched medals for the country in the on going Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Silver Medalist Blessing Oborududu and Bronze Medalist Ese Brume have been
rewarded with their cash reward of $10,000 and $7500, respectively in a ceremony held at Grand Prince Hotel, Tokyo Japan on Tuesday.

Oborududu and Brume were presented their cash by the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister said “There’s no point delaying the reinforcement of these athletes who have made the country proud, that is the reason they were rewarded immediately for their record breaking performance”

Chioma Ajunwa was the first person who won gold medal for Nigeria in the Long at Atlanta 1996, Brume thus follows suit with a bronze, while Oborududu is the first Nigerian Wrestler to win an Olympics medal.

In her reaction, Oborududu said “I am just super excited and I want to say thank you to all my supporters and the Federal Government of Nigeria for the encouragement.”