Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung, on Saturday denied that the Ministry had directed foreign-based athletes taking part in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to buy their own flight tickets to the games.
Dalung in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Nneka Anibeze on Saturday said that the letter which has been trending on the social media did not originate from the ministry.
“We did not write any mail asking athletes to pay their way to Rio.
“As the overseers of sports in the country, it is our duty to take care of all our athletes.
“The letter did not come from us and we will investigate the writer of the letter.
“It does not represent our position on the movement of athletes to Rio and the writer or anybody asking athletes to buy their tickets to Rio will be investigated.
“We ask Nigerians and the athletes in particular to disregard the mail.”
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