Officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Nigeria Olympic Committee have arrived in Nassau, Bahamas to inspect facilities to be used by Team Nigeria at the sixth edition of the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games.
The games, slated for July 19 to 23, 2017, will feature 1,000 athletes taking part in nine sports.
These are aquatics, athletics, rugby sevens, beach volleyball, beach soccer, cycling, boxing, tennis and judo.
The inspection, which starts on Monday, is one of the requirements of participating countries as well as a meeting with the host nation ahead of the Youth commonwealth games.
The participating countries, including Nigeria, will discuss and inspect training facilities available to the teams as well as accommodation, rules and regulations for the youth games.
The meeting and inspection will last three days.
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