Despite boasting top athletes like 100m hurdles record holder Tobi Amusan, Nigeria left the Paris Olympics without a single medal, marking the first time the "Giant of Africa" returned empty-handed since the 2012 London Games.
The disappointing outcome led to criticism from former and current Olympians, urging a reformation of the country's sports federations. Sports Minister John Owan Enoh issued a public apology, acknowledging the nation's failure and promising to reflect on the shortcomings.
He said when he assumed the ministry less than a year before the Games, he learned that Nigeria's Olympic preparations had not even started.
"As a country, we deserve more," he said. "Let's turn the disastrous outcome of the 2024 Olympics into a huge positive for Nigerian sports.
Nigeria's best haul in the Olympics was in Atlanta in 1996 when the team won two golds, one silver, and three bronzes. Beijing brought five medals in 2008, but there were zero in London four years later.
Atlanta Olympics gold medal winner in the long jump, Chioma Ajunwa, said Nigeria's sporting federations needed a shakeup to bring in sports people who knew what they were doing.