The Minister of Youths and Sports, Barrister
Solomon Dalung, has said that he regrets the embarrassment caused Nigeria by a
letter which directed Nigerian athletes going to the Olympic Games in Rio to
buy their own air tickets.
The
minister claimed that the said letter was not from the ministry and vowed to
investigate the writer. He disclosed this in a statement signed by his media
aide, Nneka Anibeze, which was posted on his Facebook account.
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.
He
urged athletes to remain focused on their build-up to the Rio games.
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