The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development says it did not direct foreign based athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio to buy their own tickets.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung said this in a statement following a purported mail asking athletes to buy their tickets to the Olympics and which was said to have originated from the Ministry.
Barrister Dalung stated that the Director, High Performance Angie Taylor has been saddled with the responsibility of arranging for the flights and movement of the foreign based athletes to and from Rio.

"We did not write any mail asking athletes to pay their way to Rio. As the overseers of sports in the country, it is our duty to take care of all our athletes. The letter did not come from us and we will investigate the writer of that letter. It does not represent our stand concerning the movement of athletes to Rio and the writer or anybody asking athletes to buy their tickets to Rio will be investigated. We ask Nigerians and athletes in particular to disregard the mail" Dalung said.

The minister however regretted the embarrassment caused by the letter and asked athletes to remain focused on their build-up to the Rio games.

NNEKA IKEM ANIBEZE
SA MEDIA
23-07-2016

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/07/sports-minister-dalung-reacts-to.html

cc: lalasticlala mynd44

Medicine after death, clueless minister. Always claiming ignorance of mishaps in his ministry

Useless set of people in government. They will pad budgets,loot our economy dry, bring shame to the country by stashing our money abroad,they will kill,won't give us anything tangible as Nigerians,no light,fuel hike and the will always be in the news for all the wrong reasons.
But the people that are determined to put us in limelight for the right reasons,they are abandoned and left to fend for themselves

Clueless Minister




Always wearing uniform that did not fit him, disgracing uniform men anyhow like the one below me

The denial is a lie they truly urge athletes to help themselves .

A very useless govt of lies and hardship!

This APC govt. is the most useless thing ever to happen to Nigeria.

.. and I have sent a token'..

What an international embarrassment! The very name called Nigeria is long over due for re-branding.

londonrivals:
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development says it did not direct foreign based athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio to buy their own tickets.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung said this in a statement following a purported mail asking athletes to buy their tickets to the Olympics and which was said to have originated from the Ministry.
Barrister Dalung stated that the Director, High Performance Angie Taylor has been saddled with the responsibility of arranging for the flights and movement of the foreign based athletes to and from Rio.

"We did not write any mail asking athletes to pay their way to Rio. As the overseers of sports in the country, it is our duty to take care of all our athletes. The letter did not come from us and we will investigate the writer of that letter. It does not represent our stand concerning the movement of athletes to Rio and the writer or anybody asking athletes to buy their tickets to Rio will be investigated. We ask Nigerians and athletes in particular to disregard the mail" Dalung said.

The minister however regretted the embarrassment caused by the letter and asked athletes to remain focused on their build-up to the Rio games.

NNEKA IKEM ANIBEZE
SA MEDIA
23-07-2016

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/07/sports-minister-dalung-reacts-to.html

cc: lalasticlala mynd44

nonsense
medicine after death

Athletes in Nigeria are begging for money to attend the Olympics while athletes from other countries are being sponsored by their government to attend and participate in the Olympics for free. Nigeria is a big shame and disgrace

I non trust this government.

Let me take it 80:20. Either the minister is lying to cover up or might
be saying the truth. Meaning the lie of the minister is highly
proportional to the truth.