Over N600 million is believed to still be left of the fund
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Dalung said the NFF erred by not attending the meeting organised by the Confederation of African Football to rule out Chad from the competition
A five man delegation comprising the minister, President and Secretary General of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, Engr Habu Gumel and Tunde Popoola, as well as the Director General of the National Sports Commission Alhassan Yakmut and the Director Federations and Elite Athletes Department Mrs Hauwa-Kulu Akinyemi had visited facilities and the games village where Nigerian athletes will be residing throughout the games
The Governor, who spoke at the finish point of the Marathon at the Eko Atlantic City, expressed delight at the massive turn out of international and local athletes for the marathon, saying that Lagos State was proud to join major cities in the world to promote the event
The meeting was called by the Minister of Youth and Sport, Barrister Solomon Dalung
Pinnick and Giwa fought in the office of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, who had called them for an amicable resolution of the crisis in the football house
Speaking on Tuesday, the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, said the Minister’s statement and general comments with regards to the monitoring of the players were in tandem with the plans of the Nigeria Football Federation for the glory of the boys
Barrister Dalung was stunned to find that equipment worth more than N280 million, imported 16 months ago, were wasting away at the stadium
Dalung also cautioned the major opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, against the use of unguarded utterances in an attempt to rubbish the activities of the APC administration
The statement, signed by Solomon Dalung and Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, lamented the increasing wave of insecurity, expressing reservation that it poses serious threat to the survival of the nation as well as the conduct of credible elections in 2015