With Onakoya’s feat, we hope the sports authorities in Nigeria will now begin to pay more attention to the so-called ‘lesser sports.’ But there is a lesson in his story for many Nigerians of his generation. Onakoya came from a family that was too impoverished to afford his school fees after completing his primary education, prompting him to stay at home for two years. During this period, his mother worked as a housekeeper to save for his education.