Eyebrows have been raised following different attire worn by members of Team Nigeria contingent in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games despite the announcement of AFA Sports as the country’s official kits supplier, Saturday PUNCH reports.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had on Monday in Abuja unveiled AFA Sports as the official apparel of Team Nigeria to the Games, a day before their departure to their training camp in Kizarasu, Japan.

However, several videos and pictures showed many officials were wearing different attire and sportswear brands.

Contingents from other countries – including South Africa – who arrived in Japan at the same time with Nigeria were however uniformly kitted.

Pictures of Uganda, Italy and Australia teams arriving for the Olympics also showed them in their official kits.

A picture shared by the team after the visit of the Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Abubakar Moriki, to the team’s camp, showed many of the athletes and officials in different attire, with one of the officials in the picture wearing an Arsenal jersey.

Many other videos shared by Nigerian athletes in Japan also showed them in different sportswear like Nike and Adidas.

In a video which had quarter miler Patience Okon-George, Imaobong Nse Uko and sprinter Grace Nwokocha at the Kizarasu camp, none of them had on the national kits.

Prior to the Tokyo Games, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria and Nigeria Basketball Federation had been enmeshed in kits controversy.

While the Shehu Gusau-led board of the AFN had signed a deal with PUMA to kit Nigerian athletes at major competitions, the sports ministry insisted that Nigerian athletes and officials would not wear the kits at the Olympics.

The Gusau-led board, which had taken delivery of the PUMA kits are planning on sending them down to the athletes and officials in Tokyo, but the ministry, through the Tonobok Okowa-led board of the AFN, are planning on getting another set of kits for the country.

While the kits that would be used by the track and field athletes have reportedly not been finalised, our correspondent learnt plans were in top gear to send down locally made kits to Tokyo.
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this is very sad. i hope the minister of sports get sacked for this embarrassment

Naija always carrying last.

nairavsdollars:
this is very sad. i hope the minister of sports get sacked for this embarrassment

Nothing embarrassing for a sport minister that is already part of a failed, rudderless and embarrassing government.Spare the man some ice water.

I don't think anyone here is surprised by this disgraceful news.
Change the name of the event to Cowlympics and part of that N6B given to Katsina state to construct a ranch for some herdsmen will be given to them to acquire standard jerseys and sports gears

That's not an official pictures, just gathering of friends on international trip

Can't they snap pictures in peace again?

nairavsdollars:
can you read at all

How does that picture represent Nigeria, was it taken at the welcoming ceremony or on their fields of play.

Their kits and uniforms will be given to them latter (whether Minister's kit or Board's kit)

can you read at all

omowolewa:
That's not an official pictures, just gathering of friends on international trip

Can't they snap pictures in peace again?

Where are they?

But they can sow clothes for bandits

First glanced at the pic, I thought it was yahoo boys being paraded.

Anyway, I am not surprised. This is Nigeria

If some cows had been allowed to join the team they would have been well kitted.

But as it stands, they are OYO (on your own)

The Japanese city of Hokkaido that promised to host The Nigerian contingent withdrew their request to do so few days ago because the Nigerian Ministry of sports refused to reply to their many requests to be informed of their plans on time... It was a huge piece of news here in Japan... That is how everything is badly managed under Buhari.. You have people calling you, asking you what's wrong with your country's Olympic team, simply because one inebriated Aboki at the Ministry of Sports doesn't know how to reply emails....

Most unserious country on earth

Racoon:
Nothing embarrassing for a sport minister that is already part of a failed, rudderless and embarrassing government.Spare the man some ice water.

they represent what we are passing through in the country

Very unfortunate

FarahAideed:
Most unserious country on earth

nairavsdollars:
can you read at all

let us see the other pictures then.