The 2016 Rio Olympics, which ended recently, represents one of Nigeria’s lowest moments in the history of the Games.

Save for the solitary bronze won by Nigeria’s U23 men’s football team, the Dream Team, Nigeria would have returned from Brazil, venue of the Games, empty handed.

Nigeria’s shame was compounded when it could not summon the funds needed to transport the team to Manaus, Brazil, venue of the team’s opening games. It took American company, Delta Airlines to transport the team free of charge to Brazil.

The only response the beleaguered team got from the Nigerian government, was censure from Solomon Dealing, Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, who when he visited the team in Atlanta, not only claimed ignorance of how the team got there but also vowed to deal with players and officials who had disclosed their plight to Nigerians and the world.

Nigerian Times can authoritatively reveal that whilst he was claiming ignorance of the plight of the U23 team and whilst the rest of the Nigerian contingent were groaning from lack of funds and shoddy preparations, Dalung was perfecting plans to storm Rio on a jamboree.

This paper is in possession of a visa application letter sent to the Brazilian embassy on behalf of the Minister by the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC).
The letter signed by Tunde Popoola, NOC Secretary General and dated July 18, 2016, requested the embassy to issue visas to 36 individuals whom he described as “guests of the Honourable Minister of Sports”.

Attempts to reach the minister or his his aide on Media, Nneka Ikem Anibeze failed as calls to their phones failed to go through at the time of filing this report.

[b]Dalung’s conduct is particularly worrisome and is in sharp violation of the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari that frivolous spending by officials of his government was outlawed. It also portrays the sports minster as insensitive. Whilst in Atlanta, he had ordered four members of the U23 team include the two alternate players and the team’s media officer to return to Nigeria before the end of the Olympic Games on the ground that the government could no longer afford to cater for them.

Source: http://nigeriantimes.ng/news/rio-2016-how-dalung-embarked-on-jamboree-with-36-guests/

And yet athletes were complaining of no funds.

This was a real mock show by the sport minister

Even though dalung is an incompetent bonobo monkey, which kind of evidence is this?



That paper can be printed anywhere na? No official headings, stamps etc! Haba......

Na who go pick dat paper from dustbin?

Anyone that believes this can also believe that unicorn excretes rainbow.

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Dalung disgracing this administration since 29th May 2015.

This yeye minister epitomizes the height of incompetencies among officials of the FG. I thought Baba would fire him when he returnd from China. Our Boyscout minister of shame

disgrace of the highest order... lols am grinding... them don use the paper pack groundnut self

Am not whant too beliv these leter I we do like am not seen it

Help me check if my name dey there

See the paper self e no clear Niger with Scam

nd ds is d 1st topic on fp? na wa 4 nairaland o. Shady reportn, Bt dat our sports minister is sha incompetent

What's the meaning of the Red Beret? Is he in cult, is he a freedom fighter, comrade, senior boys scout, or he just likes Red Beret? He MUST always be wearing this Red Beret. Anyone that knows the reason should pls tell me

Na wa o

naijaGhandi:
Anyone that believes this can also believe that unicorn excretes rainbow.

In Nigeria a unicorn excretes politicians.

I'm not surprised.

Funlordjnr:



Even though dalung is an incompetent bonobo monkey, which kind of evidence is this?



That paper can be printed anywhere na? No official headings, stamps etc! Haba......

Smh

Funlordjnr:



Even though dalung is an incompetent bonobo monkey, which kind of evidence is this?



That paper can be printed anywhere na? No official headings, stamps etc! Haba......

Do you know what's called investigative journalism?

Funlordjnr:



Even though dalung is an incompetent bonobo monkey, which kind of evidence is this?



That paper can be printed anywhere na? No official headings, stamps etc! Haba......

Do you know what's called investigative journalism?

Believe an unsigned letter with no letter headed at your own peril

Ain't surprised, but wait oo didn't bubu say there ain't gonna be jamboree trips
Waiting for EFCC to do d needful

Funlordjnr:



Even though dalung is an incompetent bonobo monkey, which kind of evidence is this?



That paper can be printed anywhere na? No official headings, stamps etc! Haba......

That is d beauty of investigative journalism. From background check, dt paper is a draft to be put on d Board letter head paper. But dt smart guy quickly use phone snap am. U could see those name dt were ticked, guessed finally made it to Brazil. That is why no signature was on d paper. Not all media can be like SaharaR dt could go to any lenght to dig out evidence

bubu spent six.months to get these goats as.ministers



the man is truly and undebatably a dullard

thy cant die in silence the best thing they did was to air it out for the world to see how naija maltreated and abandon the team @atlanta... how will naija premier league b good wen we av sports official who dont tink or be creative on how to move the league to a greater height for the world to also watch as dat of english premier league. until dey stop thinking of their pocket and start aiming for great things dats wen naija premier league will come out to be the best....#thinkpositive.

adwem2003:

Do you know what's called investigative journalism?

If he didn't know, he wouldn't be stating the obvious.

Spending money meant for athletes on personal convoy So unfortunate Nigerians and Africa as a whole will continue to live with leaders like this. When you use politics to handle all matters even after elections are over.. I still ask myself how this guy qualified to become a sports minister, even his CV doesn't suggest anything tangible or justify his appointment... He has no business near sports ministry, but then every other minister apart from a very minute few, has any business whatsoever in thier respective ministries. SMH

grt

This Vikings of a man should better resign before thunder from different angles will strike him dead.

It amazes me how it took 6months to look for worthy ministers and yet we got this dullard, incompetent at its best. can he even name just 5sports. The previous government never dissapointed in this aspect, if it were during Gej reign everyone who Rep Nigeria in Rio 2016 won't have any regrets but now not only those who went are dissapointed even the citizens who watched from home are so dissapointed in this government and wished Nigeria never participated, we went to fall our hands the more.

Just take a look at this Man, if you had no idea he was the sports minister, Wat thought cud come to your mind. Fulani Heardmen commander or which other

Gross