…as AFN NOC Indicts Gusau, Upholds Adeleye’s Removal
FOLUSHO ALADE,ABUJA
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development SUNDAY DARE has disclosed that home based athletes who will represent Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be sent abroad to prepare for the world tournament.
He made this disclosure while speaking with the press on preparations for the Olympics.
The Minister said that the foreign based athletes will benefit from the advanced sporting facilities in their various countries of residence; hence the need to provide same for the Nigerian based athletes.
In his words: “We are going to send a few of the home based athletes outside the country for the necessary training. Some will go to Holland, other parts of Europe, some will even go to Kenya.”
The Minister also assured that the Ministry was doing all within its means to secure funding to support the athletes to ensure they give the best for the country at the competition later in the year in Tokyo.
He added that the Adopt an Athlete initiative was in full gear and would also serve to lift some burden off the Ministry.
Meanwhile, suspended President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), ENGINEER IBRAHIM GUSAU is in for stiffer penalties as a panel of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has indicted him saying his declaration of AFN’s autonomy from the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development was out of order and impossible because the Ministry will always supervise National Sport Federations.
The Committee also endorsed the removal of erstwhile AFN Technical Director, SUNDAY ADELEYE saying that he stands removed in accordance to the report of the Ministerial Panel on Doha set up by the Honourable minister for youth and sports development, MR SUNDAY DARE .
