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The duo of
Josephine Omaka and Ogho-Oghene Egwero top the list of athletes still
in contention for the N1, million jackpot up for grabs in the ongoing
Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Golden League Meetings.

The Meet which enters its third leg this weekend is billed for the Sports Complex of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos.

Other contenders

Others still in
contention include Biola Onakoya who remains undefeated in the 400m
events, Magret Etim in the 200m and Ishaku Mohammed in the 800m amongst
others still in contention for the N1 million prize.

Speaking on his
arrival in Lagos, Egwero pointed out that he is not under any form of
pressure as he is ready to continue his winning streak. “It’s been a
good year for me so far and I hope to continue the way I started, I
want to improve on my time and hope for the best” he said.

Ogho-Oghene
Egwero’s 10.32 secs 100m win in Ibadan made it two victories out of two
legs for the Doha World Indoor 2010 60m semi-finalist.

We are ready

Meanwhile,
Technical director of the AFN, Sunday Bada confirmed to NEXTsports that
all arrangements have been put in place by the Federation to ensure a
successful athletics meeting. “We have made adequate arrangement for
the meet, you would agree with me that each leg of the meet as
witnessed one form of improvement or the other so Lagos would not be an
exception” he said.

Bada added that the
Federation has equally been able to secure some sponsorship for the
Lagos Meet pointing out that the corporate world are beginning to see
the seriousness in the federation’s drive to change the face of
athletics.

“Two companies have
given us support and we expect more to come, at least they are
beginning to see that athletics is a strong brand” he said.

Looking back at the
two legs already concluded, Bada opined that the League is achieving
the aim it was set for. “We want to keep our athletes in shape for the
big event we have later this year and so far they have be showing great
signs of improvement both at home and those abroad” he said.

Just like the
previous legs, an all comers event is meant to herald the league with
races meant to begin from 9am today. The race is meant to give more
upcoming athletes an opportunity to compete.

Elite Athletes returns

According to Bada
some elite athletes who have not been part of the league has already
shown interest to participate in the Lagos leg.

They include Godday
James, Saul Weigopowa, and Emem Edem. Already Godday James have
confirmed his participation to NEXTsports stating that it would a nice
thing for him to compete.

Some of the events
that would be competed for in Lagos include the 100 metres, 400 metres,
800 metres, 400 metres hurdles, Triple Jump, High Jump, 4×100 metres
and 4×400 metres for men.

The women would
compete in 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, 5000
metres, 400 metres hurdles, Long Jump, 4×100 metres and 4×400 metres.

The top three athletes for each event are to receive cash prizes of N20,000, N15,000 and N10,000 respectively.