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Top Nigerian Runners Prioritize ECOWAS Marathon

Posted : 27 December 2024

Nigeria's elite marathon runners, most of them members of the Jos-based High Altitude Athletics Club, have revealed their top priority for 2025: competing in and securing the top ten positions at the ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon.

 

Their decision is driven by the lucrativeness of the race, particularly the 21 km event, and the organizers' consistent prompt payment of prize money.

 

Speaking to the media shortly before the Christmas break, Steve Nuhu, the director of High Altitude Athletics Club and manager of most of Nigeria's elite marathoners, told correspondents that the runners have collectively agreed to prioritize the ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon.

 

Nuhu stated, “We all left Pankshin, where we normally train, a few days ago to spend Christmas and New Year with our families. By the special grace of God, we will regroup in the first week of the new year, and our focus for 2025 is the ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon.

 

“We arrived at this conclusion because we have a very good chance of winning about eight of the top ten positions in the ECOWAS race, as it is a half marathon.

 

"For example, if our club produces the winners of the men's and women’s races, that is $10,000 each, which comes to about N40 million at today’s exchange rate. We can’t get that kind of money elsewhere.

 

“Even if we place fourth or fifth in the ECOWAS Marathon, it is more financially rewarding than winning a full marathon elsewhere. We are grateful to ECOWAS because their race is empowering us and lifting us out of poverty.”

 

Nuhu also praised the organizers for their efficiency in paying prize money and the general organization of the race.

 

“We also thank the management of the ECOWAS Marathon for paying our prize money immediately after the race. We have never experienced a delay in prize money payments. It is always a great experience and an exciting moment for our runners, and we look forward to the 2025 edition with immense joy.”

 

The 2025 ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon is slated for March 1, 2025. There are two races: the 21 km and the 5 km.

 

The 21 km race will start and finish at the ECOWAS Commission in Asokoro, while the 5 km race will start at Eagle Square and also finish at the ECOWAS Commission.

 

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