Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has described Team Nigeria’s predicament in the on-going London 2012 Olympics without a medal as a clear testimony to how far Nigerian sports have fallen behind.

The Minister who addressed hordes of Journalists at the Nigerian House in Stratford alongside NOC President, Engr Sani M. Ndanusa, Chef De Mission of Team Nigeria Dr Patrick Ekeji and NOC Scribe, Tunde Popoola while admitting his disappointment noted that it was a scientific diagnosis of our condition; a clear testimony to how far our sports have fallen.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/we-have-failed-cries-sport-minister/

Imagine what these bunch of clowns can come out to say now!!! When N2B was alocated to them they didn't know all this it's now they want to talk, who do they think they are fooling? Ur talking GB for an example why? in what way can you compare GB with Nigeria in terms of sports culture!!! Abeg abeg find place go rest if you don't know what to tell us. We all know the problem of sports in Nigeria, so if the ministry is not ready to invest largely on sports then don't expect to win any thing @ any time.

BEFOR NKO ? U CAN NOT REAP WHERE U VE NOT SOWN .HE HAS TO WORK HARD & STOP PRETENDING JARE .

Please lets revisit that drawing board that has been revisited by the every sports minister in the history of Nigeria and while you at it make sure you help yourself to some loot.

Only mad people expect diffferent results whilst still doing the same thing. Olympics training starts from the day after an olypmic ends and not two weeks or a month to the games. Any what is the amount of money spent on faclities and the so called sports people.

Go back to the same drawing board your fore fathers used in drawing plans demacated for failures in ABJ.


Take this Handkerchief ««hot slap»» and stop crying like a baby bush

Honorable Minister, it is very unfortunate that we did not go to the London Olympics with the right athletes. How come Nigeria went to London without sports like corruption, money laundry, bunkering, boko haram, election rigging, bribery, false fuel subsidy claim, kidnapping, political assassins, political thugery, power failure, bad roads, exam malpractices? These are the sports that we are very good at. Please, next time go with these sports. I promise you, we will do very well. We are very, very good in these sports. We have good players and athletes who can represent us well in these sports like Farouk Lawan, Oji Uzo Kalu, Jame Ibori, IBB, Buhari, Dariye, Chimaroke Nnamani, Anini, T. Orji, Odili and others.


from kalu9909 on the Vanguard website

You can cry from today till tomorrow. Nigerian sport can not progress when we continue to recycle dead woods like Patrick Ekeji.

He is the Amos Adamu of NSC. Mr High Noon in the Town of Corruption.

By Tony Ubani reporting from London
Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has described Team Nigeria’s predicament in the on-going London 2012 Olympics without a medal as a clear testimony to how far Nigerian sports have fallen behind.

The Minister who addressed hordes of Journalists at the Nigerian House in Stratford alongside NOC President, Engr Sani M. Ndanusa, Chef De Mission of Team Nigeria Dr Patrick Ekeji and NOC Scribe, Tunde Popoola while admitting his disappointment noted that it was a scientific diagnosis of our condition; a clear testimony to how far our sports have fallen.

‘’We shall therefore not attempt any excuses or indulge in any unproductive blame game. Rather than see this as a failure, we must see it as an opportunity to rebuild. When other countries found themselves in this kind of situation in the past, they have used the galvanizing power of disappointment to get down to work. At Atlanta 1996 Olympics, Team Great Britain won only one gold medal.

Returning home, the right questions were asked, and the necessary actions were taken. Four years later in Sydney, they returned with 11 gold out of 28 medals. In Beijing four years ago, they returned with 19 gold memdals out of 47, placing them in the fourth position.

Today, they are able to look back and say they have moved from ‘zeroes to heroes’. This is our chance. We can also do it. We must see this crisis as the necessary disequilibrium required for serious actions and drastic change. We will not allow this opportunity to pass”.

The Minister said that having being appointed Minister and chairman of National Sports Commission only two months to the Olympics, he had to learn quickly. ‘’I have not received a better lesson than in the last two weeks of London 2012 Olympics. I have learnt three key lessons.

1. Olympics medal is about hard cash. It is not a coincidence that the medals table appears to reflect the level of economic development of the countries.

But having the resources is one thing, making the right strategic investment is another. Team Great Britain largely owes its dramatic success to what is described as ‘’unprecedented financial investment” totaling up to more than £740 million over 15 years. The current annual spending on sports stands at £100 million. However, only 40% of this comes from the treasury, while the remaining 60% is lottery fund.

Conversely, Australia finished fourth in Sydney with 16 gold medals. In London, Australia has fallen outside the top 10 with 6 gold medals. Australians have blamed reduced funding for elite athletes and a lack of facilities at the grassroots levels.

He said that every medal is clearly projected and carefully planned for both in financial and technical terms. There is no short cut.

Medals are won by people who have worked hardest not by those who have prayed hard. ‘’We can only win medals by building systems that capable of producing medalists and champions not by selecting athletes that we hope can win medals”.

There are 162 million people in Nigeria... How many can afford to go training? Nigeria will be empty handed until we can afford to live properly.

Look at the Hypocrisy of Nigerians, it is like Nigeria is really cursed.

How come the same Nigerians that were some few weeks asking Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Deziani Allison Madueke to resign be keeping mute in the face of this abysmal failure.
The same Nigerians asking GEJ to resign for not keeping BH at bay have lost their voice, the Hypocritical Nigerians calling for the sack of the NSA, COAS and IGP have finally kept quiet when it comes to sports.

is it that the Man is yoruba muslim or that sports is not important to the national life of Nigerians ?

on a lighter note the same way Nigerians dont need to go to Olympics before the Know sporst has failed is the same way i am asking them not to go to war before you realise you have failed as a country.

Re-Fuc.king-Sign!
R.E.S.I.G.N!

kettykin: Look at the Hypocrisy of Nigerians, it is like Nigeria is really cursed.

How come the same Nigerians that were some few weeks asking Ngozi Okonjo Iweala and Deziani Allison Madueke to resign be keeping mute in the face of this abysmal failure.
The same Nigerians asking GEJ to resign for not keeping BH at bay have lost their voice, the Hypocritical Nigerians calling for the sack of the NSA, COAS and IGP have finally kept quiet when it comes to sports.

is it that the Man is yoruba muslim or that sports is not important to the national life of Nigerians ?

on a lighter note the same way Nigerians dont need to go to Olympics before the Know sporst has failed is the same way i am asking them not to go to war before you realise you have failed as a country.

You are very right! now nobody no iscalling for sack!!!!!!!!!! But cone to think of it these clowns need to be fired after N2B was given to them and nothing can be shown for it HOW

RESIGN YOU BASTAARRD!!!