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| Hon. Gusau |
If modicum, respect, response
and relationship management had been the media between our sports federations
and athletes, coaches, fans, media and administration, we should have gotten
our bearing for too long. Many of the issues
that goes to press without their reaction won’t be.
As I published my report on Hon Gusau's money yesterday, I
was inundated with several telephone calls, e-mails, reactions and SMS messages.
One that I got was from the Federation, (so I think), which
was for once (unlike what I have come to know in the last three and a half
years) very professional.
Please read: “I am great fan of yours and am very sure you
know this. I saw your story on Shehu Gusau and I totally disagree on it. He
gave the money to Joy Mayaki who in the first instance is not a member or staff
of AFN and she in turn gave the money to one of the Assistant Secretaries in
AFN.
We did not know what the money is for, but it was kept
with other Federation money.
It was in UK (probably during the Olympics) that the
Assistant Secretary explained what the money is meant for and that Joy Mayaki
had been disturbing her saying Hon Gusau wanted the money back because AFN did
not give it to the athletes concerned.
The Secretary General had N100,000 given to Blessing Okagbare
out of the N230,000 given by the Hon. She mandated the remaining N130,000
paid back into Joy Mayaki's account at First Bank which was effected on
Wednesday 29th August 2012. We can give you the teller if need be.
AFN IS NOT WHAT YOU OR PEOPLE SEE FROM OUTSIDE.
One thing the journalist failed to do is, why did you not ask the same AFN people what happened to the money of that coach who you said recruited for the country and is being owed?
ReplyDeleteDoes that coach not deserve his/her money?
At least, we now know where the athletes' monies are.
How come Okagbare gets N100,000 and the other three members of the team share N130,000> Is Okagbare bigger and better than the others in the team?
Many more questions are coming up from the reply they gave you.
It was good you had published this reaction.
More on them please.
Well done.