Minister
of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has released a statement denying claims that they
asked the Nigerian Athletic contingent to Rio 2016 Olympics to purchase their
tickets themselves. Read the statement from Dalung below...
WE
DID NOT ASK ATHLETES TO BUY TICKETS TO RIO
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 Barrister Solomon Dalung said this in a statement
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
stated that the Director, High Performance Angie Taylor has been saddled with
the responsibility of arranging for the flights 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 games.
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