September 03, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, congratulated Eniola Mariam Bolaji on winning a medal in badminton at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, becoming the first African athlete to achieve such a feat in the sport at the Games.
THEWILL reports that eighteen-year-old Eniola clinched bronze in the women’s Para-badminton SL3 at the Paris Paralympics on Monday.
Commending her courage and resilience demonstrated against all odds to secure Nigeria’s first medal at the Games, President Tinubu, in a press statement on Tuesday, thanked the young athlete for making the nation proud and described her as “a fine example of the resourcefulness, talent, and grit of Nigeria’s youths”.
He enjoined Bolaji not to relent but to keep striving for success.
