*team departs for Tunisia
By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
As the team departs for Tunisia today for the African U-21 Volleyball Championship Nation’s Cup, President of the NIgeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), Engineer Musa Nimrod has said that the country is all out to gain from the outing is qualification for World Championship.
He expressed this while biding the team farewell at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Friday August 12, 2022.
“Our target for this championship is qualification for world championship.
“We are building them up for African Games next year and the next Olympics,” he said.
According to Engineer Nimrod, the players who are Africa’s U-19 champions have moved up to playing for U-21.
Advising the players, he said, “Take note the big guys from other North African countries are good in U-21 so they know NIgeria is good and they will prepare against NIgeria.
“I want the coaches to know they would go and monitor past videos of our players, so they should brace up.”
In an interview with sports writers, Coach Sani Mohammed Musa of the male U-21 men, said that the team are African champions and featured in World Championship twice.
He said that bearing in mind that the North Africans would be battle ready for NIgeria, they will leave no stone unturned in preparing well.
“It is left for us the coaches and players to go and do preparation ahead of the championship,” he said, adding that they will be wary of mostly the North Africans including hosts Tunisia.
Captain of the team, Abari Michael said that they are fully prepared for the championship.
He said that they are U-19 champions and have gathered experience.
Michael said that an award was presented to NVBF president for helping them build their career
As part of ceremony, the team and coach, presented a gift of a portrait to the NVBF President.
