This was revealed in a video clip from Tokyo by Chika Chukwumerije, a member of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation.
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A total of 28 athletes and officials of the Nigeria Olympic Committee arrived Tokyo at about 4pm Nigerian time.
Nigeria Taekwondo Federation on Monday in Abuja said 10 countries have indicated interest to participate in the 2019 upcoming World Taekwondo-sanctioned Nigeria International Open.
The NTF Technical Director, Chika Chukwumerije, said the postponement was to enable athletes in Nigeria and other West African countries conclude the World Taekwondo Global Membership System Licence.
The taekwondo continental ruling body, World Taekwondo Africa, has certified the Nigeria International Open as one of the qualifying tournaments for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Vice President, Nigeria Taekwondo Federation, Abdullahi Saidu, has warned the participating states in the 2018 National Youth Games not to feature any athlete above 15 years.
The final adoption of the document, which contains the overall working guidelines for the country’s taekwondo community, came into effect after 31 persons who were part of its special congress endorsed it in Abuja.
The current country’s taekwondo leadership, which was inaugurated barely two months after last year’s National Sports Federation election in June, has been one of the busiest federation in terms of sporting activities, with the introduction of first ever Nigeria Open in December, less than five months in office.
Making this known in Abuja, the Technical Director of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation, Engr. Chika Chkwumerije, said the invited athletes, made up of 10 male and 10 female athletes, earned a place to the National Youth Training Camp by emerging victorious during the recently concluded maiden National Junior Taekwondo Championships, which held at the National Stadium Indoor Gymnasium FCT Abuja earlier this month.
Chukwumerije told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday that the event organised by NTF was aimed at giving young taekwondo athletes an opportunity to showcase their talents.
The two-day championships, which began on Friday, climaxed on Saturday at the Indoor Sports Hall at Package B of the National Stadium
Ferguson Oluigbo, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that there was no way the crisis could be on and the competition would hold.
Binga, who was inaugurated in Abuja as the first female President of the federation, promised to restore the glory of Nigeria in taekwondo continentally and globally.
Binga had emerged president of the Board of the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation on June 12, but the election was nullified by the electoral appeals committee.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the election, held at the Abuja National Stadium on Friday, involved five contestants
The event, taking place at the Molade Okoya Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, and sponsored by the Korean Cultural centre “with their other chosen partners”, is geared towards enhancing sports development and bilateral relations
NTF Head of Media Committee, ACP Gideon Akinsola, hinted that the coach, who has been ratified by the World Taekwondo Federation and screened by the National Sports Commission, is expected to handle the technical development of athletes of the federation