PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has mandated the minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to facilitate the release of funds meant for the preparation of Nigerian athletes for this year's Olympic Games to the National Sports Commission (NSC), The Moment can exclusively report.
The sports commission, it was learnt, had sought the President's intervention following the delay in the passage of the 2012 Appropriation Bill by the National Assembly, with the Olympics just six months away.
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