“Kwara State will be remembered when the history of modern sports development in Nigeria is written because of the role the state government has played in providing not only accommodation, but also going out of your way to provide other logistics, including financial support, for the games
Browsing: Barrister Solomon Dalong
The affected persons were the Media Officer, Timi Ebikagboro; Curator; Team Coordinator; Stanley Dimgba; and goalkeeper Yusuf Mohammed
Dalung, who spoke after the committee made a presentation to him in his office in Abuja, said the commitment, capacity and passion of the committee members to deliver a wonderful tournament was not in doubt
“I have been approached by the federation for the recruitment of the foreign coach and I said ‘convince me as to why a foreign coach is the best’, and they said ‘well we have not received a technical report of the match that we played and crashed out’.
“We are not interested in making names in abandoned projects, but will want to be remembered for giving our modest contributions to complete those projects that were abandoned.
Dalung said this on Thursday when he spoke with newsmen inside the Mainbowl of the National Stadium, Abuja
The affected athletes are Deborah Odeyemi, Chinazom Amadi, Samson Idiata (Athletics) Sunday Ezeh (Para-athletics), Thomas Kure (Para-lifting) Patient Opuene (Wrestling) and Ebi James Igbadiwei
He described the unnamed contractors as playing political gimmick and pretending to be working because they got wind of his visit.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Dalong visited virtually all sports facilities at the stadium
But on Monday before the arrival of the minister to the stadium, several workers were seen hurriedly assembling the pools’ cleaning equipment, repainting, washing and patching up the cracked floor of the pool
Dalung said violence and forceful occupation of the Glass House will amount to a break down of law and order, which will not solve the 14-month-old crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation
Dalung gave the charge following another false report online that the Ministry has upheld the impeachment of its President, George Ashiru
This followed a release in circulation, which said Barrister Dalung had ordered that the Nigeria Football Federation leadership must respect all court orders pending his assumption of office as the Sports Minister
The Minister gave the directive while addressing a delegation consisting of Board of Trustees of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, some past presidents and representatives of the members of Management Committee of the Council who, called to pay him a courtesy visit in his office at Abuja
Dalong threw the challenge to the youths at the opening session of a two-day National Conference on Youths Against Corruption organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission