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Three days to the end of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Team
Nigeria took delivery of the much awaited kits after most of the
athletes had concluded their events with some already back to their
bases.
A top official of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria who
disclosed this to Sports Vanguard yesterday, said the kits which arrived
Wednesday night would no longer serve any purpose because “most of the
athletes have left after concluding their events”.
“I have never experienced this in my years in sports. Money
meant for the Games was held tightly by ministry officials and they
were just releasing money piecemeal. We had to buy kits on our own while
some athletes competed in their personal kits.”
It would be recalled that Team Nigeria had to resort to
their warm-up track suits for the match past of the Opening Ceremony as
the sports ministry claimed the official attire which was showcased
before President Muhammadu Buhari during the hand-over ceremony in Abuja
failed to arrive on time for the ceremony
