Omatseye Nesiama, an International Association of Athletics Federations licensed Manager, on Sunday said that Nigeria and the West African have the potentials to excel in cross-country race.
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Omatseye Nesiama, a retired Navy Commodore, has been appointed to oversee the security affairs of the 4th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon scheduled for February 2.
The Confederation of African Athletics had on Tuesday selected 77 athletes from across the continent to represent Africa at the competition scheduled for September 8 to September 9 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Nesiama told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos that he would bring his experience to bear to ensure that the athletics event of the championships was a success.
Nesiama made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, after attending the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain.
Nesiama will serve on the CAA ITOs panel from 2018 to 2021, according to a letter signed by the CAA Chief Executive Officer, Hamad Kalkaba-Malboum.
According to Nesiama, the commencement of the next phase of camping for international competitions after it broke-off its conditioning camp for athletes on January 31 would depend on the availability of funds, adding: “The only thing that is actually affecting us is lack of funds because to keep the athletes in camp, we need funds and the fund that we got was just enough for the conditioning period
Athletes are currently in camp in Abuja in preparation for the Games scheduled to hold from July 23 to August 3 in Scotland