[2] To be eligible for NOC President a candidate has to have served for four years in an executive position in an international sports federation.

At first, the IOC declared that the election was invalid since the outgoing President and Secretary General of the NOC had not been present.

However NOC 1st vice-chairman Jonathan Nnaji said this was due to an arbitrary selection of events by the organiser, excluding sports such as weightlifting, wrestling and power lifting in which Nigeria traditionally excels.

Sani Ndanusa, President of the NOC, called for earlier and more intense training to ensure success in future competitions.

[9] In January 2011 the NOC announced that it had chosen Loughborough University as training camps for Team Nigeria prior to the London 2012 Olympic Games, a location that would also be used by the Japanese athletes.

[12] In July 2011 Youdees Integrated Services Limited (YISL) was appointed Official partners of the NOC to manage the 2012 Olympic Games commercial promotions scheme.

The Bank's CEO, Evelyn Oputu, said "The project will provide jobs, expose investment opportunities and create the new image that we want for Nigeria".