Abdullahi declared the government’s position while answering State House correspondents’ questions after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.
The minister said the decision was taken to prevent what has been happening in the past when members of official delegations turned such events to jamborees.
He said, “What I can assure you for a start is that there is no going to be any official Nigerian government delegation to this Olympics.
“This is the first time in a long while that I know that we will not have an official Nigerian delegation to the Olympics.”
On the complaints that most times, officials are more than athletes in delegation to sporting events, Abdullahi said there was nothing wrong in that.
“For example, if you have only one boxer, that boxer must have a physiotherapist, a doctor, a coach, and even a psychologist in some cases.
“If you look at the American contingent, it is almost like the contingents of many of the countries put together.
“What we are doing is that we are taking all reasonable measures to ensure that every single person that is going to the Olympics have a business in the Olympics,” he explained.
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