Yesterday, Minister of Youths and Sports Development,
Solomon Dalung, 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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