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https://www.nairaland.com/3243671/rio2016-nigerian-athletes-beg-funds
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Solomon Dalung.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has said it
did not direct the nation’s foreign-based athletes going to
the Rio Olympic Games to buy their own flight tickets.
Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, made the clarification in a
statement yesterday 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, who spoke through his Special Adviser,
Media, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, stated that the Director, High
Performance, Angie Taylor, had been saddled with the
responsibility of arranging for flight tickets 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 Olympics Games.


https://www.today.ng/sport/157076/athletes-buy-tickets-rio-olympics-minister

Today is my birthday.. .Nairalanders u know what to do

i no belioeve this sports officials jare, dem sabi lie, anyways haapy birthday to aydotcom

There is no money to sponsor athletes for Olympic

We didn't say there's no money


We have hired the Frenchman as coach
We didn't hire, we only recommend


Athletics should pay their way to the Olympic
We never say athletes should pay


APC and Lies