Team Nigeria has taken delivery of the much anticipated kits
for the Olympics three days to the end of the competition. The kits arrived
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 Thursday, said the kits which arrived Wednesday night would no longer serve any purpose because “most of the athletes have left after concluding their events”.
He added that “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.
Nigerians who were alarmed by the embarrassing scenario condemned
the ministry for the untidy handling of the athletes’ kits but the sports
minister, Solomon Dalung, in defence of the ministry, tweeted with a post that
even the South African contingent appeared at the Opening Ceremony in their
track suits.
4 Comments
What a shame.
ReplyDeleteThe truth is that our athelets are not being encouraged enough.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad.
ReplyDeleteAre the kits for d same tournament?
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