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Rio Olympics: Ministry Denies Asking Athletes To Buy Air Tickets by Sunofgod(m): 4:34pm On Jul 23, 2016 |
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 air tickets. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, made the clarification on Saturday in Lagos in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Nneka Anibeze. The statement said the clarification became necessary following a purported mail asking athletes to buy their tickets to the Olympics and which was said to have originated from the ministry. The statement said that Dalung had made it clear that the Director, High Performance, Angie Taylor, had the responsibility of arranging for the flights and movement of the foreign-based athletes to and from Rio. The statement said, “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.” It added that the minister regretted the embarrassment caused by the letter and asked athletes to remain focused on their build-up to the Rio Games. http://punchng.com/nscdc-rescues-nine-year-old-boy-chained-tortured-church/? |
Re: Rio Olympics: Ministry Denies Asking Athletes To Buy Air Tickets by Sunofgod(m): 4:35pm On Jul 23, 2016 |
Hmmmm......sounded fishy but I guess they (athletes) were just 'hustling' the public. |
Re: Rio Olympics: Ministry Denies Asking Athletes To Buy Air Tickets by yhemsy62(m): 4:37pm On Jul 23, 2016 |
Better |
Re: Rio Olympics: Ministry Denies Asking Athletes To Buy Air Tickets by bezimo(m): 5:03pm On Jul 23, 2016 |
This is not true. They did it. https://www.nairaland.com/3244704/nigerian-olympic-athletes-told-buy |
Re: Rio Olympics: Ministry Denies Asking Athletes To Buy Air Tickets by NextGovernor(m): 5:08pm On Jul 23, 2016 |
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. |
Re: Rio Olympics: Ministry Denies Asking Athletes To Buy Air Tickets by Gideon9947: 6:12pm On Jul 23, 2016 |
What has naija media turn to,someone say sumting 2day another will deny it 2morrow.Who do we believe. |
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