LAGOS, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian government has concluded plans to mobilize the country athletes for the forthcoming Olympic Games to reach their optimum conditions for medals haul in Beijing in August, a top official in the National Sports Commission has said.

    Patrick Ekeji, the Director of Sports Development in the NSC told local media in Abuja Friday that the government had proposed a national camp should open in Abuja on May 13 before the various teams eventually travel abroad next month for training tours.

    Nigerian President Umar Yar dua had recently charged the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) to ensure that the country wins not less than eight gold medals at the Games.

    The government was working round the clock to ensure that the athletes were put in proper shape for the Olympics.

    The Director of Sports Development has set benchmarks for the athletes as the second national invitational relay competition holds at the Esuene Stadium in Nigeria southeast city Calabar on Saturday.

    Although Nigerian sprinters, Olusoji Fasuba, and Damola Osayomi, became the fastest man and woman on the continent by winning the 100metres final races at the African Athletics Championship, the 4x100 meters relay team dropped its baton.

    "All required resources for Nigeria to excel at the Olympics are underway. Very soon, the program of foreign training tours for the athletes would be announced," the Director of Sports Development was quoted saying by the Punch newspaper on Saturday.