Poor Funding Affects Nigeria In Moscow

[Shola Sholaz]

The poor funding of other sports other than football has had it's toll on Nigeria here.
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It is a scandal by all standards in sports.
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Athletics Federation of Nigeria took athletes to the World Championships (equivalent of World Cup in soccer) without even a day's camping.
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They did not have money to organise a camp for the athletes that they brought here. It is a shame. Only N15m was approved for the championships and the money, we gathered, was released after the delegation landed here in Moscow for the 14th edition of the World Championships.
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It's a long time apathy for which Solomon Ogba, the President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria says the current sports Minister is determined to stop.