Following the pleas instituted by Nigerian Athletes on social media, begging for funds from the Nigerian public to enable them pay their fares to the Rio Games, the minister of sports, Solomon Dalung, has come out to debunk the claims, stating that - "We did not write any mail asking the athletes to pay their way to Rio. As the overseers of sports in the country, it is our duty to take care of all athletes".
"The letter did not come from us, and we will investigate the writer of that letter. It does not represent our stand concerning the movement of athletes to Rio, and the writer or anybody asking athletes to buy their tickets to Rio, will be investigated. We ask Nigerians, and the athletes in particular to disregard the mail".
He however, tasked the athletes to focus on their build-up to the Rio games.
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