Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Tammy Danagogo has directed that immediate steps should be taken to quickly install the state-of-the-art medical equipment acquired by the Commission to enhance the training of national athletes in order to achieve podium level performance.
Danagogo gave this directive after inspecting the equipments at the National Stadium, Abuja, on Friday.
While being conducted round the High Performance Centre by Dr. Abdulkadir Mu’azu, Director, Sports Medicine, the Minister was informed that substantial quantity of the equipment has been supplied and are ready for installation. These equipments include: the Anti-Gravity Trademill; HP Cosmos Testing and Medical Trademill; and the Swift Speed Field Testing Equipment.
The equipments along with other sophisticated equipments will be used for Science Testing, Strength and Conditioning, Treatment, Rehabilitation Enhancement Recovery and Performance for athletes to boost podium level performance.
According to him, “these are state-of-the-art equipment, the first of its kind to be installed in Africa and I believe our athletes will achieve podium performance through its use.”
It would be recalled that one of the decisions reached at the 2012 Presidential Sports Retreat in Abuja was the setting up of a high performance Centre that will enhance high power level in sports. In implementing this decision, the National Sports Commission awarded contract for the supply of these state-of-the-art high performance equipment for sports medicine, rehabilitation and testing.
