Nigerians bash Sports Minister over stranded Olympic team

Youth and Sports Development Minister Barrister Solomon Dalung was reported to have visited the Atlanta, USA camp of the U-23 Eagles preparing for the Rio Olympics and frowned at the coach, Samson Siasia’s resort to the media to complain about the difficulties the team were facing. Apart from warning that Siasia’s action would be looked into and appropriate sanctions meted out to him if necessary, the minister was said not only to have instructed the team’s captain, John Mikel Obi to take control of the team but equally asked him to restore sanity to the team which he alleged was plagued with indiscipline. Sports Vanguard reported the story on Tuesday and Nigerians who could not stomach the minister’s action which they said could distract the team, called on the President, Muhammadu Buhari to remove him and save the sector from total collapse.