God will
always prosper the hands of the diligent and just...And deliver judgment to the
wicked, who refuse to turn away from evil...
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| Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi...reversed the arrangement? |
I have only quoted the scripture. How many of us in
our freedom can say amen to this prayer? My phone suffered injustice with
calls, SMS, and text messages. Very few are angry with me that I did the report
on the fleecing of the paralympians while many prayed and wished me well. I am
used to all these.
However, the words of caution guided me. I got to
the National Sports Commission (NSC) where I was told what had transpired.
There are some other accompanying officials that followed the contingent to the
Games. Who prepared the administrative and other tasks behind the scene.
Normally, they are not listed in official circles as
members of the team to be compensated. However, it is trite practise in sports
for such monies to be re-calculated to give the unseen hands that makes the
team’s successes work.
Where I gathered the error came in was the main
actors were not put in the picture. Secondly, no one in his right senses will
ever trust an NSC structure (as it is today), as it has always been (at least,
I know since 1979 to date) or possibly in the nearest future.
Anyhow, I gathered that the Hon. Minister, Bolaji
Abdullahi, who was not aware of the arrangement, moved instantly and reversed
the situation to make the orders of the President stand firmly on its terrain.
When will the NOC be a
responsible organization?
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| NOC President, Sani Ndanusa |
They got millions of Naira from some corporate
sponsors. They got N50m from the NSC and asked for another N15m. they also got
$100,000 from the international Olympic Committee (IOC). These sums were during
this London 2012 period.
Did the religious books not command that we should
not let the sweat of labourers dry before they are paid their dues? Staffers of
the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) like others deserve their pay at the end of
every month. These folks were owed four months salaries and allowances.
When I exposed how the $100,000 was ‘stolen’ I
stated that they were not paid. Suddenly, the staffers were paid two of the
three months salaries with a proviso that the unpaid two months must not get to
“those hungry journalists”.
While I am not contending if or whether because
journalists expose them makes them hungry, I also know that many of those in
the NOC board are not gainfully employed or employable. They live and survive
on what comes from the NOC. They should pay the balance of three months (as
September will join the queue in a matter of days).
If the workers are paid regularly who wants to ask
questions? If the hungry and idea-barren NOC chiefs do what is needful and
right, no one will look to their pot of stew to know whether it is pepperish or
not.
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