Nigeria is drawn in group B of the World Cup qualifiers alongside Sierra Leone, Namibia, Uganda, and Cameroon.
Team Nigeria on Sunday finished third on the overall medals table after a total of four gold and three bronze medals at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships.
Team Nigeria already copped gold on the first day of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.
Team Nigeria would be returning home with two medals but the talking point of their performance would still be the series of misses.
No fewer than 60 Nigerian athletes flying the nation’s flag at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics which officially kicked off on Friday.
Buhari will on Monday host members of Team Nigeria to the Tokyo Olympics at the Presidential Villa before the final batch of the contingent departs for Japan.
Team Nigeria will be travelling to Kizarazu city in Japan for the pre-Games training camp in four batches.
