[size=14pt]Rio 2016: Dream Team’s US tour full of dirty deals —Dalung[/size]

August 19, 2016

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has hinted at shady deals behind the country’s football team being stranded for several days at their training base in Atlanta, USA, before they finally made their way to the  2016 Olympics in Brazil.

It is expected that after the Rio Olympics a high-powered probe will be initiated by the minister to uncover the truth behind the drama, which caused Nigeria international shame.

The Dream Team only flew into Brazil barely seven hours before their opening match against Japan.

And Dalung said on a television interview on Thursday that the episode revealed “quiet dirty” details which those involved cannot defend themselves against when they are confronted with.

“The Atlanta event was quiet dirty and some of the actors (involved) cannot stand before Nigeria (to answer to these charges),” Dalung alleged.

“The event of Atlanta was another attempt to rip the country off.”

Dalung said he has a receipt from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the charter flight that eventually flew the team from Atlanta to Manaus when he alleged that Delta Airlines confirmed to his officials that the flight was their own “contribution” to the country’s Olympic campaign.

http://tribuneonlineng.com/rio-2016-dream-teams-us-tour-full-dirty-deals-dalung/

Video: NFF Atlanta Issue Was A Hoax, Dalung Alleges.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqKbwPUKxs0

[size=14pt]Dream Team’s Atlanta tour saga: NFF fires back at Dalung[/size]

August 19, 2016 / : Ganiyu Salman

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has described the insinuations by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung in a television interview that the issue of the Dream Team being stranded in Atlanta, USA, prior to Rio 2016 as hoax.

Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Honourable Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, who is a member of the House of Representatives, said the entire NFF board was shocked by the remarks of the Minister.

He stated that the NFF President, Mr Amaju Pinnick, had been giving members of the board updates of useful meetings he has been having with the Sports Minister since he arrived in Brazil.

“The NFF Board and Management are taken aback by these insinuations. The NFF President has been telling us of meeting between him and the Minister on how to avoid the kind of situation we got into in the USA in the future. So, the Minister’s latest statements are a bombshell.

“We are not openly challenging the Minister, but we must set the records straight. To start, we do not have any partnership with Delta Airlines, a company that we owe much gratitude for the way it came to the rescue to airlift our team to Brazil. The names of NFF’s partners and sponsors are known to the public.

“Secondly, the NFF is not aware of any receipt that was presented to the Minister for airlifting the U23 team from Atlanta to Manaus. I am aware that the Minister himself requested for the phone number of our FIFA Match Agent (Mr Jairo Pachon, who has been working with the NFF since 2009) when everybody became desperate about how the team would go to Brazil. The NFF President gave him the phone number, and the Minister

himself asked Mr Pachon to go ahead and charter an aircraft, and Pachon reverted that the amount would be $174,000, as against the $300,000 that was bandied earlier. However, the money did not reflect in the airline company’s bank account within the deadline it gave to us, so the service was cancelled. We insist that Mr. Pachon acted in the best interest of Nigeria.”

Yahaya-Kwande also defended Nigeria’s U-23 team’s list to Rio 2016.

“Which persons did we increase the team with? There were two alternate players, the team media officer, the team coordinator, the team’s equipment manager and the team’s technical officer, who have always been part of the team’s crew, and who by global standard are required by the team. When it was made clear that they would no longer be taken care of, we told them to return to Nigeria.

“As I speak with you, the only NFF top officials at the Olympics are the NFF Technical Director and the NFF President. I would like to be proved wrong on this.“The NFF Board has always displayed integrity in all its financial dealings and have always communicated to the Minister on every financial transaction and detail. On this too, we would like to be proved wrong,” he said.

http://tribuneonlineng.com/dream-teams-atlanta-tour-saga-nff-fires-back-dalung/

DALUNG

Only what he knows is to wear a beret and talk rubbish


THE "UNITED STATES OF NIGERIA" MINISTER IS MORE CLUELESS THAN GEJ WAS!!!!

Bunch of idiots,you don see una life??,awon eleribuuede

Video: NFF Atlanta Issue Was A Hoax, Dalung Alleges.
Says that NFF took 35 officials to Rio. Alleges that Delta provided the charter flight for free, while NFF sent a bill for the flight to the sports ministry.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqKbwPUKxs0

[size=14pt]U23 Trip To Brazil: Nff Lied Over Payment Of $300,000 To Delta Airline – Dalung[/size]

— Aug 19, 2016 8:39 pm | Leave a comment

Minister of youth and sports development, Mr Solomon Dalung, on Friday said the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) lied over the claim of chartering a Delta Airline jet to convey the Dream Team VI to Brazil from Atlanta.

The team arrived Brazil a few hours to their first game in the competition as a result of logistical challenges.

But speaking in an interview with Channels TV, Dalung described the “theory of the Dream Team being stranded” as a hoax.

The minister said the federation lied to have paid Delta Airline to fly the U-23 team, whereas the airline did not collect a dime.

According to him, the theory of the chartered flight was another attempt to rip the country off‎. All these are unsubstantiated allegations.

He said,  “As I stand today, we have a receipt from an agent that NFF claimed to have chartered a flight from Atlanta to Manaus on the 4th of August.

“Yet, we had Delta airline which I have confirmed through the person I sent to Delta office that the flight from Atlanta to Manaus was their contribution to help the team get to Brazil.

“That they also air lifted them from Nigeria to Atlanta.

“It means that there was this existing partnership between Nigeria Football Federation and Delta Airline.”

But Ademola Olajire, NFF spokesman, seem not to be on the same page with the minster.

“Is Delta Airline NFF partner?” he asked in response to inquiry by TheCable.

The federation later issued a statement to deny any partnership with the airline.

“The NFF board and management are taken aback by these insinuations,” read the statement signed by Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, chairman of NFF media and publicity.

“The NFF president has been telling us of meeting between him and the minister on how to avoid the kind of situation we got into in the USA in the future.

“So, the minister’s latest statements are a bombshell.

“We are not openly challenging the minister, but we must set the records straight.

“To start, we do not have any partnership with Delta Airlines, a company that we owe much gratitude for the way it came to the rescue to airlift our team to Brazil.

“The names of NFF’s partners and sponsors are known to the public.”

The statement also debunked the claim of Dalung that it presented a receipt on the cost of the flight.

“The NFF is not aware of any receipt that was presented to the minister for airlifting the U23 team from Atlanta to Manaus,” the statement read.

“I am aware that the minister himself requested for the phone number of our FIFA Match Agent (Mr. Jairo Pachon, who has been working with the NFF since 2009) when everybody became desperate about how the team would go to Brazil.

“The NFF president gave him the phone number, and the minister himself asked Mr. Pachon to go ahead and charter an aircraft, and Pachon reverted that the amount would be $174,000, as against the $300,000 that was bandied earlier.

“However, the money did not reflect in the airline company’s bank account within the deadline it gave to us, so the service was cancelled.

“We insist that Mr. Pachon acted in the best interest of Nigeria.”

http://leadership.ng/sports/546837/u23-trip-to-brazil-nff-lied-over-payment-of-300000-to-delta-airline-dalung?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Even Oga Dalung himself na fraud.

What's with this his beret sef??

locosis007:
DALUNG
Only what he knows is to wear a beret and talk rubbish
THE "UNITED STATES OF NIGERIA" MINISTER IS MORE CLUELESS THAN GEJ WAS!!!!

You mean more "clueless" than Buhari, the person that appointed him as minister after searching for "saints" for 6 months.

Funny Man

[color=#990000]NFA AND DALuNG BE LIKE 5 and 6

To me, the only painful thing is that President Buhari had to spend six long months to appoint someone like Solomon Dalung.

It's so pitiful.

This Olympic has been the most disgraceful outing so far and they had 4 years to avoid all these embarrassments! World Championship is next year.....excuses already loading!

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Dalung is a confuse fellow...pot calling kettle black situation

This man is a joke of the century.

what I grew up to learn from my parent is that he who lives in a glass house don't throw Stone's. I wonder if Nigeria sport body as a whole including the minister is away of this. Such a childish play. iranu

This man is a joke of the century.

Nigeria, we don wake up again with embarrassing news/headlines every day


Relocating to a neighboring African Country will not be a bad idea, i think …

Nigeria has never been so fractured like in recent times … - OBJ, August 2016

The same set of people accused GEJ of initiating divisive attributes

What a man sows, a man reaps …
Harvest time is here … #NightWatch #GameOfThrones #WarsToCome

Dalung means corruption and confusion in kuvuki language.

confused fellow

Crixina:
What's with this his beret sef??

na badt guy from united states of nigeria..*i tink say na only me no dey sleep#nightwolf

They are all jokers

Are we surprised?. This govt won't take responsibility for anythn as they ll always look 4 who to apportion blame to.

This is a case of a kettle calling a pot black.....the both of dem na scammers and fraud stars

The worst Sports Minister in Nigeria's history. Even our usual Golden Bronze seems elusive. Maybe his Red Cap would be wat he presents to Buhari when they get back from Rio

Oildichotomy:
The problem with Nigeria is beyond redemption.

What silly excuse is this for pete's sake ?

you might also want to ask why dream team is annoyed with Dalong instead of NFF? don't you think so?

chai the red beret man again

I'm gonna bet my August salary that this Dalung guy would remain in office way beyond this year, Buhari would not even bat an eyelid over our worst Olympics since the naughties.
I think I have to reason with Usman the powerlifter, Buhari's Nigeria isn't worth dying for.

Hmmmm

Just passing

This minister looks like a cultist. He dresses like an hooligan. He has no business in governance, he is not a good role model to the youths. who recommended this cultist to PMB by the way?