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Friday, June 25, 2021

ACP Chioma Ajunwa Emotional As Nigerian Govt Redeems 25 Year Pledge To Gift Her A House For Winning Gold In 1996 Olympics

Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday, presented keys to a three-bedroom apartment in Babatunde Raji Fashola Housing Estate in Iponri to Assistant Commissioner of Police Chioma Ajunwa - Oparah, the first African woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games 
She is with the Lagos Police Command.






 
Sanwo-Olu made the presentation at a reception held for Lagos State’s athletes who participated in the recently concluded National Sports Festival in Edo State. Lagos won 125 medals, including 32 gold and 27 silver medals in the contest.


Ajunwa-Oparah, a long jump athlete, put Nigeria on the global radar after she won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. She was promised a house by the then Military Government, but the pledge was not fulfilled before the country returned to democracy in 1999.









43 comments:

  1. Aww you deserve it and everything more. God bless you

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  2. This is so emotional. To think that she chose to still serve the country despite the failed promise is worthy of commendation.

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    1. So true.
      She deserves it.
      Patience is a virtue, and thank goodness She's alive to receive this.

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    1. Congratulations to her, I'm so happy for her




      *Larry was here*

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  4. I'm so happy she's doing well!!!

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  5. Awww nice. Was confused at first. Never knew she joined the police force. Congrats to her.

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    1. I was confused as well. Nigeria is a failed country.
      Congratulations to this lovely woman. God bless her 😍😍😍😍

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    2. She was in the police force when she represented Nigeria at the games. The promise took a while to be redeemed but thank God she still got it.

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    3. Nigeria is not a failed country .it is challenged yes but not failed .what you say often manifest in your life

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    4. Anonymous 16:08, continue deceiving yourself. Go and tell your selfish leaders the NONSENSE you typed 👆🏾up there 🥴😏

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    5. @Anon 16:08 just ignore 16:55. His/her comment just shows ignorance and lack of understanding. If you live in a failed country what does that make you?

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  6. I cried....thinking about it from a spiritual perspective, what belongs to you been delayed for 25years. Thank God she's still alive to reap the benefit of her hardworking. Thanks to the governor for making it possible.

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    1. You are so so in the know.
      This happens in the spiritual realm too.
      God has mercy and lead us to libration and breakthrough,Amen.

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  7. Thanks God so sad to read in one of her interviews that she was giving the house because she us not a Lagos indigene.

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  8. Congratulations ma, this is an honour well deserved, but Police women love bleaching cream eeh!!

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    1. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was awwwwing at your comment till ......you sef!lol

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    2. Lyndy, ure an idiot to think she's bleaching. When ure a woman who do house chores, cook etc then you will know what it means to have such palms.
      What a very insensitive comment, olodo

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  9. This is laudable. Congratulations to her

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  10. Congratulations Chioma ,you deserve it all.

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  11. Eayaaa ..... she sure deserves it. Our own Usain Bolt

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  12. Wow,so so emotional.
    So happy on her behalf.

    God bless the governor.

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  13. She get mind to join police oo.

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  14. Shame to Nigeria. Anyone thinking this is good news is being deceived. 25yrs after a promise they couldn't even add a little something to it.
    Congratulations to her sha

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    1. Not everyone is greedy, atleast the Gov fulfilled a promise.

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    2. what? this sense of entitlement in Nigeria even for someone who tries to right a wrong is sickening ..tueh

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    3. It took more than 25 years for the people abiola was wining and dining with to acknowledge that he won an election. Ordinary Chioma got her own in 25 years. I don't even think Rohr's house has been completed. Yes, it's a sorry case but if you compare Chioma's case with other cases, my dear, it is a testimony!

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  15. Congratulations Chioma Ajunwa. Indeed God is gracious. I watched her interview with Manny on channels few weeks back were she discussed some of her travails and how NPF came to her aid. It was an emotional discuss.

    Thank God Lagos state courtesy Sanwolu had to redeem the pledge to write off the wrong did to her. Even after the interview I was expecting her state governor to step and fulfill the pledge but alas our Eastern governors will always show why the east remain backward.


    Lovelace

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  16. So happy for her. Congratulations.

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  17. Wow ...congrats to her, sanwo olu you did well

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