An official of the Athletic Federation of
Nigeria (AFN) has revealed that the federation are too broke to fund the team's
trip to Brazil for Rio Olympic because the ministry of sports have failed to
release funds for the event.“It is so bad now that we can’t even raise money to pay
visa fees for the athletes,” the official said. “Our preparation for the
Olympic Games had never taken this bad shape. Athletics is one of the sports
Team Nigeria is hoping to get medals in Rio. We intend to use this trip to Durban
to give the athletes the final brush up since there is no money to organise the
usual overseas training camp for them. If the athletes failed in Rio, Nigerians
should know who to blame because the AFN and the athletes have done their
parts. The Presidency has to do something very fast,” the official concluded. BROKE TEAM NIGERIA CAN’T PAY VISA FEES FOR ATHLETES
An official of the Athletic Federation of
Nigeria (AFN) has revealed that the federation are too broke to fund the team's
trip to Brazil for Rio Olympic because the ministry of sports have failed to
release funds for the event.“It is so bad now that we can’t even raise money to pay
visa fees for the athletes,” the official said. “Our preparation for the
Olympic Games had never taken this bad shape. Athletics is one of the sports
Team Nigeria is hoping to get medals in Rio. We intend to use this trip to Durban
to give the athletes the final brush up since there is no money to organise the
usual overseas training camp for them. If the athletes failed in Rio, Nigerians
should know who to blame because the AFN and the athletes have done their
parts. The Presidency has to do something very fast,” the official concluded.

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