President of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Musa Nimrod, has described Nigeria’s historic qualification for the beach volleyball event at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games as a victory for the entire nation after years of near misses, Sunday PUNCH reports.
Nimrod spoke after Nigeria defeated Morocco 2-0 (21-17, 21-10) in the women’s final of the 2026 African Beach Volleyball Nations Championship in Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday.
“I wish to congratulate Nigerians and thank God. This is the fourth time we are going into the finals; we finished in second place on three occasions,” Nimrod said.
“God has done it for us on our fourth trial and given us victory. It is not the Nigeria Volleyball Federation’s success alone but the entire nation.”
Reflecting on the federation’s long wait for the breakthrough, Nimrod added, “I want to say that after all these 16 years, today God has made it possible for the federation.”
