Nigeria's delegation of 23 sportspeople was mostly composed of powerlifters, with the country sending 14 lifters to Rio.

Ahead of the Rio Games, the National Sports Commission promised Paralympic medals to erase the country's Olympic shame.

Nigeria had issues with qualifying a bigger team for Rio because of a lack of funding available to its elite sportspeople.

As such, there is often tremendous cultural pressure for people with physical disabilities to remain hidden and out of the public eye.

[6] Following the success of the Nigerian team at the Paralympics in recent cycles, there were some changes in attitudes towards people with disabilities in the country.

[7] Nigeria's delegation of 23 sportspeople was mostly composed of powerlifters, with the country sending 14 lifters to Rio.

Some table tennis players contacted Director-General of the National Sports Commission Mallam Alhassan Yakmut seeking the release of funds to enable them to attend a qualifying event in Morocco in October 2015.

Nasiru Bello, Faith Obiorah and Philomena Konwe all had their qualifying impacted by funding issues related to attending the event.