TVCE (ABUJA) – RIO d’Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games medal hopeful, Odunayo Adekuoroye has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for counting her worthy to be among those honoured for making the country proud.
Adekuoroye won bronze medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championship in Las Vegas, USA.
President Buhari, at the reception for Nigeria athletes and officials who did the nation proud at international competition in Abuja, announced a token reward of N1.2million for Adekuoroye while the coaches got N600, 000.00 each.
Expressing her gratitude, Adekuoroye said: “I want to use this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to President Buhari for this reward, I never expected to be among those that will be honoured today. This has really showed that whatever one is doing, there is always a reward for it.”
“I also appreciate my president, Hon Daniel Igali and other members of the federation, my coach, family, friends and Nigerians for their support and prayers at all time. I will continue to train hard and do my best to ensure I bring more honour and glory for this country especially at the coming Olympic Games,” she assured.
It will be recalled that Adekuoroye qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after winning a bronze medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championship in Las Vegas, USA.
