The kind gesture of the German team to Nigeria’s cyclist, Ese Ukpeseraye, at the ongoing Olympics games has caused a stir on social media.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Ese Ukpeseraye, via the microblogging platform X, formerly Twitter, extended appreciation to her German counterpart after they offered her a bicycle to train with at the ongoing Olympics in Paris.
“Due to the short notice of me competing at the Keirin &Sprint, #teamNigeria, i had no bicycle to race with on the tracks. In the spirit of sportsmanship, the German team @bunddeutscherradfahr came to my rescue by offering me a bicycle. Thank you,” she wrote.
Ese’s appreciation post to the German team has elicited reactions from netizens, who called out Nigerian officials for not providing necessary resources for the team.
banksbmpro wrote: ”Seems Nigeria is Just Out to Kill #SportsDreams 😭😭😭. This is so disheartening.”
temimine_tm wrote: ”So she can’t buy one for hersel.”
tehtraras wrote: ”This country no go use shame kee person.”
uzotima wrote: ”And yet one mumu wey marry EPA say mek dem no protest.”
realyemisolade wrote; ”NIGERIA 🇳🇬… the most popular country for wrong reasons in the world 🗺. I am sure the MINISTER for SPORTS and the ATHLETICS FEDERATION OF NIGERIA have NOT been sacked.”
iamstepee wrote; ‘‘Wish that German team can also borrow us a president.”
nobleoligbi wrote: ”Borrow Borrow Country! We borrow to pay salaries, we borrow to fund our National budget, now we are borrowing a bicycle at the Olympics. So much for Tinubu’s Nigeria.”
afam_odogwu1 wrote: ‘‘Nigeria is such an Embarrassing country, linda for tag minister of sports.”