The President  of the International  Olympic  Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach has commended the initiative  of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development through the minister, Sunday Dare and the Nigerian  Olympic  Committee (NOC) in using sports icons  to raise awareness on  the  Covid-19 pandemic through massive  awareness  campaigns.

In a letter dated April 6, Bach said the gesture to help raise awareness against the spread of the virus is worthy of emulation.

“Thank you very much for sharing with us the video for the campaign against  Covid-19  put together by Nigerian athletes, the Nigerian  Olympic  committee  and the Ministry  of  Youth and Sports Development. This video is a wonderful demonstration of how to put the power of sports at the service of the society. ”

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He added: “The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented situation for the whole world and the International  Olympic movement stands in solidarity with  all the society  to do everything  to curtail the virus.

Initiative like yours with the athletes leading by example show that sports is doing its part in this crisis. I express my appreciation for the active engagement of the Nigerian athletes, the NOC and the Ministry in this campaign. Thank you for demonstrating that solidarity runs strong in our Olympic  committee. ”

The campaign initiated by the sports minister has sports iconic like Nwankwo Kanu ,  Austin  Okocha, Ahmed Musa, Segun Odegbami,  Eniefiok Udo-Ubong ,Mary Onyali, Blessing Okagbare,  Chika Chukwumerije, Funke Oshonaike, Tobi Amusan, Samson Siasia among others lending their voices to the campaign.