Glasgow (Scotland), July 29, 2014 (NAN) The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has queried the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) over the inconsistency in the use of jerseys by its athletes at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

An official of Team Nigeria, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Glasgow on Tuesday on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the federation warned Nigeria to either desist from such or face sanctions.

“The Commonwealth Games Federation queried Nigeria, expressing displeasure at the dressing of the athletes in different colours and different sponsors.

“At times, when some of the athletes are competing, they cover the sponsor’s name on their jerseys with masking tape and at times the tape will just fall off.

“So, the federation felt embarrassed with that development and decided to query Nigeria through the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC),’’ the source said.
NAN reports that NSC had given the various sports federations money to acquire their own sporting apparels either through direct purchase or sponsorship.

Owing to that, Nigerian athletes have appeared in different jersey colours with the brand of different sponsors inscribed on them.
Sani Ndanusa, President of the NOC, also confirmed the federation’s query to Nigeria in an interview with NAN.

He, however, said that efforts were being made to address the issue “so that the development that led to the query does not happen again.

“NOC will take full control of the provision of the sports wears; there are guidelines which we must follow, so NOC will enforce it.
“The guidelines also include timely preparations; NOC will not completely leave the provision of the sports wears in the hands of the National Sports Commission (NSC).
“We will ensure that all the requirements are met; even the logo on the shirts has a size specification and we know, so we will enforce it henceforth”.

Nigeria is participating in seven sports, including athletics, table tennis, wrestling, weightlifting, shooting, boxing, and para-powerlifting.




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It's not rocket science. Most of our athletes are self-sponsored, they wear what they have.

They are confused.

Over 50 years of participation yet we nor know this? NOC officials just showing how careless they're

It's a shame. I watched our table tennis players in Jersey that had been used for another competition. All they did was to cover it with a black piece of cloth.

Only God knows how much they budgeted for the glasgow outing