Speaking with newsmen at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), the Minister apparently admitted that the ministry and the football federation were having financial challenges hence the need to approach the President for financial assistance. Nigeria is in group D alongside Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia.
He said: “I think that yes we are facing economic challenges, but the President have been quite supportive.
“ On Sunday, I could not go to church I have to sit to draft a memo which was taken to the president on Sunday, he approved it for funds to be provided for the team to travel that is how serious this government take sports. So I think that there is no need for much panic or fear so Nigerians should support the Super Eagles and pray for their success and we wish them a successive outing and even winning the ticket of the group to represent our zone in the world cup, that is our prayer
He explained that “because of the love of sports and football in Nigeria, Nigerians do not usually want anything to be left to chance. So the reaction of Nigerians is just to put us sports administrators on our toes that we must get everything right.
“I will be travelling along with the team to give them the moral and physical support as they kick start their campaign. I don’t think that if I would be travelling with the team, the position would still be seems as not too clear whether the team would travel.
While speaking on the report that the Sport Ministry has not found it worthy to reward Nigeria’s Paraolympians at the just concluded Rio Olympic Games, Dalung noted that the athletes were ‘handsomely’ rewarded as against what was being reported.
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