Questions for the sports ministry and NSC to answer...

Now that Team Nigeria athletes and officials of the National Sports Commission/sports ministry are back in the country, i ask these questions.

What became of the Team Nigeria brand that was launched years ago?

What became of all the partners brought into Nigerian sports?

How come Corporate Nigeria doesn’t trust sports administrators in Nigeria?

How come the zones are now lame duck?

Where are the discovered athletes from the zones?

What happens to those manning the zones after the disrespect, disgrace and ridicule that we have been subjected to?

How come programmes are not followed to adequately prepare athletes?

What goes wrong with planning ahead of major championships?

How come the boss of the NSC deceived Nigerians into believing all was well before the Olympics and never raised any alarm that release of funds was going to be an impediment in London?

What became of all the submissions made by several panels and committees set up for sports development in Nigeria?

How come there is no connection between the ministries of sports and education for the benefit of schools sports, where athletes in their natural state should be discovered?

How come we have no facilities again in the country or better still, how come the facilities are in total state of rot and decadence?

Our table tennis players train in the dark. How come sports minister and DG NSC? How come?

We don’t even have grasses to play on any longer. We even heard that the grass pitch of the Abuja National Stadium will soon give way to a synthetic surface! What became of watering cans and canons?

Now let’s talk about our athletes DG and minister.

How come grants don’t ever get to our elite athletes in time?

How come our athletes still compete one week to world events?

How come our coaches are never well trained, that’s if there are trainings at all?

Should we believe that not a single Nigerian can be trained to be a world beater?

Are we so poor in all ways that not a single Nigerian can compete favourably with their peers abroad? What happen to our power in the sprints and relays?

Are we to believe that despite surrounded by water, no Ijaw man can be trained to take part in any of the aquatic sports?

How come our national sports festival that is meant for discovery of raw talents have not turned to shambles, where even athletes abroad now compete?

What happened to the Mambilla Plateau and Obudu for long distance races, especially with their altitudes?

And to our money, we tax-payers…we ask…

What becomes of the 2.2 billion naira released for the Games?

What was the money spent on?

What was the manner of disbursement?

Are we going to see the balance sheet in the spirit of the Freedom of Information?

Hmm…what a country, what a system, what a people!