"We Did Not Ask Athletes To Buy Their Tickets To Rio 2016" - Sports Minister Denies

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 after the cut…

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WE DID NOT ASK ATHLETES TO BUY TICKETS TO RIO

 
 

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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..

Posted: at 23-07-2016 02:44 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

So una did what na

Posted: at 23-07-2016 02:58 PM (7 years ago) | Upcoming

Better,,,

Posted: at 23-07-2016 03:12 PM (7 years ago) | Hero

Lies.

Posted: at 23-07-2016 03:31 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

mad ppls

Posted: at 23-07-2016 04:25 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Well we jt hope dis denial is really true cus dis kind of embarrassment has never happen in dis country b4. Maybe it's part of d change.

Posted: at 23-07-2016 04:58 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero

For me any rumors has atom of truth,if they didn't say it there's no way it will b circulated. Shameless people.

Posted: at 23-07-2016 05:17 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Who did then???

Posted: at 23-07-2016 06:39 PM (7 years ago) | Hero

I'm still observing

Posted: at 23-07-2016 06:49 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

confused ppl

Posted: at 23-07-2016 08:06 PM (7 years ago) | Hero