Nigerian Team Gets Delivery of Kits Few Days to End of Olympics
Three days to the end of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Team Nigeria took
delivery of the much awaited kits after most of the athletes had
concluded their events with some already back to their bases.
A top official of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria who disclosed this to Sports Vanguard yesterday, said the kits which arrived Wednesday night would no longer serve any purpose because “most of the athletes have left after concluding their events”.
“I have never experienced this in my years in sports. Money meant for the Games was held tightly by ministry officials and they were just releasing money piecemeal. We had to buy kits on our own while some athletes competed in their personal kits.”
It would be recalled that Team Nigeria had to resort to their warm-up track suits for the match past of the Opening Ceremony as the sports ministry claimed the official attire which was showcased before President Muhammadu Buhari during the hand-over ceremony in Abuja failed to arrive on time for the ceremony.
A top official of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria who disclosed this to Sports Vanguard yesterday, said the kits which arrived Wednesday night would no longer serve any purpose because “most of the athletes have left after concluding their events”.
“I have never experienced this in my years in sports. Money meant for the Games was held tightly by ministry officials and they were just releasing money piecemeal. We had to buy kits on our own while some athletes competed in their personal kits.”
It would be recalled that Team Nigeria had to resort to their warm-up track suits for the match past of the Opening Ceremony as the sports ministry claimed the official attire which was showcased before President Muhammadu Buhari during the hand-over ceremony in Abuja failed to arrive on time for the ceremony.
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ReplyDeleteAbeg go joor
ReplyDeleteI don't understand Nigeria sports officials at all, there is always lapses
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprise, the same thin NYSC people do in camp, where u will get corper kit weeks after resuming camp
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