If you know where I was coming from, you would start to understand why the certificate is a big deal. It contains a useful message for all boys and girls, who with the right attitude and guidance, can become whatever they can dream to be.
That was the prize the athletes were made to pay for Africa’s protest against Apartheid in South Africa on the eve of achieving our greatest dream.It was a devastating blow to all the athletes particularly those of us that ‘fate and metaphysical aid’ had offered the rare opportunity to become Olympians.
Garba Okoye, Peter Anieke, Tony Igwe and Ismaila Mabo, all Jos ‘boys’, shed off that false cloak in Mexico and adorned universal garments that Olympians can come from all sports. The only qualification is to participate. As I listened to the news, it dawned on me that but for my returning to school, I would very easily have been a part of the squad going to the theatre of dreams in Canada.There were some months left to the Olympics. At the same time, I was preparing for my final exams, about to submit my project and was getting psychologically prepared to head out for my national youth service.
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