The attitude of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration towards sports has been called to questioning following the lackluster handling of the preparations for the 2016 Rio Olympics competition in Brazil. The participating Nigerian athletes in the 2016 Rio Olympics have bitterly lamented on the poor funding on the part of the government.
The under-23 football team/dream team where stranded at the camp in the United States of America and had to arrive without appropriate warm-up exercise some hours to the Japan match which they won by 5 goals to 4.
Some athletes who are to represent Nigeria in track and field events at the Olympics have also been begging for financial support. They launched GoFundme account to raise money from the public.
In this video below, most of the athletes complained bitterly of lack of food in the camp which is an anomaly in sports considering the demand of physical energy.
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Posted: at 5-08-2016 05:48 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
dickieponga at 5-08-2016 05:56 PM (8 years ago) (m)
Don't bother eating then, just come back home..
Posted: at 5-08-2016 05:56 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
Just imagine na that idiot yesterday dey say dem dey complain, just imagine how useless leaders dey lead their people, shame shame shame on nigeria leaders shame on you people
Posted: at 5-08-2016 06:08 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
danielsony at 5-08-2016 06:52 PM (8 years ago) (m)
This is big time fu.ck up. How dem won take cop I heard one minister talking on TVC news the other day that they are expecting Nigeria to come home with nothing less than 10 gold medal at least, I say no be only 10 gold medal na 1000000 dem will come home with. Rubbish.
Posted: at 5-08-2016 06:52 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac