Nigerian athletes who, as we blogged about earlier, were “directed” by their President to produce eight gold medals in Beijing are not happy with the grants given them and have vowed to fight for more funding.
From the Sunday Tribune:
Apparently afraid of experiencing what athletes have had in the past as regards shabby treatment during international competitions, the athletes have made up their minds to fight the battle from home even before the start of the Olympics.Tribunesports gathered that the athletes were hell bent on truncating the country’s chances of winning medals in Beijing unless there is an improvement in their welfare package before the commencement of the Games.
Shabby treatment? And then you expect them to produce eight gold medals? Our idol, Nigerian President Umar Musa Yar’Adua should look into this before it’s too late.
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