Nigeria: Sports - Ngerem Blames Officials for FG's Wasteful Spending

10 December 2010

Former president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria,(AFN) Mr Dan Ngerem has taken a swipe on Nigeria's sports administrators who cause the federal government to spend money hosting international competitions without getting anything in return.

Ngerem told Saturday Vanguard sports in an exclusive interview in Lagos that the joke out there in international sporting bodies was that the country has too much money to host an event without asking for any benefit in return.

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