The Federal Government charged participating Nigerian athletes in the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics not to go below the six medals record set at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games held in the United States.
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, set the benchmark in Abuja while inaugurating the newly constituted caretaker committees for 30 National Olympic Sports Federations.
While defending the devolution of the federations, he said that it had become necessary after the expiration of their tenures and the fact that the Tokyo Olympics was less than 90 days.
Dare says the caretaker committees are thus specially selected to reflect their aspirations towards podium appearances at the Tokyo Olympics.
Nigeria has won just one medal in the last two Olympics, the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
