Nigerian sports officials are either refusing to talk or passing blames after the country received overpayments from the global athletics body, spent the money illegally, and refused to pay back for over two years.
But some officials have told PREMIUM TIMES Mr. Dalung knew too well about the money, and was the person who authorised the funds be disbursed. He said Nigeria already has its fair share of bad publicity and adding this new episode was “disheartening”. “We promptly notified you of this over-payment and followed up several written correspondences as well as a meeting with you in November 2017, requesting that you reverse the bank transfer for the overpaid amount to no avail.
“The money they are talking about came a week or two after our board left office and then Amaechi Akawo was in charge of everything and when the money came, Amaechi contacted officials in the sports ministry that monies have been sent in from the IAAF and the director of FEADS informed the perm sec who contacted the minister and he gave them the go ahead to spend the money. From what I heard, they used the money for one championship or something .. not sure,” he added.
“That is why they have threatened to ban Nigeria from all international meet, if that is done, they can even go further and ban our athletes from any meet. So in clear terms, this issue has nothing to do with our board,” the former AFN board member explained. “How does an issue affecting the sports ministry affect the exit of Solomon Dalung? So IAAF is going to politics.
“The thing is already affecting Nigeria, the IAAF is already withholding other support it has been giving and prize monies due to our athletes may be seized.
He ought to have made enough from fixing $130,000 for two years. Greed!
What a disgrace you are Dalung, return this money.
This man no wise at all
Thief everywhere MBuhari . Yawale do something because this is national disgrace
Money wey dem don share finish
Another history has been made . PDP 16 years caused the over payment of iaaforg
National embarrassment!
Table manners😓🤣😂😭
Mum is the word for now...
Keep Mum untop Oyibo Money For where? when Oyibo is ready, Him and his cohort will vomit the money. Oyibo no dey make noise like 9ja and forget after a while.
the real senior yahoo boys
He has got integrity just like that coup plotter.
Anti corruption indeed NGRPresident
NIGERIA IS A SCAM ENTITY
Are saints even in MBuhari cabinet? Seems like all of them are from one family.
Keep MUM or MUTE