Nigeria is second behind Egypt on the medals table at the ongoing 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana.
Tobi Amusan is now ranked 5th in the world while Ese Brume jumped to 61st position in the latest world rankings.
Tobi Amusan, early in 2022, created a new World Record in the Women’s 100m hurdles at the World athletics championship in Oregon, U.S.
‘‘We are proud of these achievements and the memories will linger with the nation forever and for me this is a special moment,” said Mr Buhari.
She leapt 7.00 metres to set the record, after doing a no jump, 6.99 metres, 6.81 metres, 6.99 metres and 6.96 metres in her earlier jumps.
The president thanked the track superstar for making ”the Nigerian national anthem resonate again from the international podium.”
Ese Brume finished with a maximum leap of 7.02m to seal second place.
Nigeria’s women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team were unsuccessful on Thursday as they could only turn in a time of 43.25 seconds in their heat at the Tokyo Olympics.
Mr Bello said that irrespective of where the victorious athletes were from, or their religion, such dichotomy would not hinder all Nigerians from celebrating their victory.
The announcement comes amidst accusations from the athletes of shabby treatment by sports officials.
