Minister
of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, yesterday told state
house correspondents in Abuja that the reason the Super Falcons who
recently won the African Women Cup of Nations have not been paid their
allowances is because they were not expected to win the competition.
“Don’t
forget that nobody even knew the team would emerge victorious. If we
were confident they would emerge victorious, all the federation would
have done is to plan for process of participation and entitlement.
And
when they win, it’s already established in sports tradition that when
you win, this is what you’re entitled to. The situation is highly
unfortunate and I don’t like it, these girls have given confidence to
women who want to embrace sports. So, this will go a long way in killing
this laudable achievement. It’s unfortunate, but we’ll make sure the
right thing is done,” he said
Nigerians on twitter are blasting him for making such statement. See their tweets below...
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