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Striving sports Minister amid criticism: Facts About 2020 Edo NSF FG’s financial support
Without any iota of doubt, efforts of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development under the able leadership of Chief Sunday to ensure National Sports Festival NSF hold in EDO 2020 can’t be quantified despite the criticism.
Below are all Nigerians need to know about Minister’s effort to ensure the event hold after 4 postponements
1. Ministry did the needful got a letter for assistance treated it and wrote the presidency with justification for special funding assistance.
2. Minister and Permanent Secretary followed up and kept Edo up to date.
3. Nigerians need to know that getting a special funding assistance, there is a process.
4. Also, the MYSD and FG do not owe Edo any money. The MOU is very clear. MOU. 70/30. On responsibilities. A plea for help and assistance cannot
Translate to a debt.
5. The Minister cannot run faster than the President or stampede the process. He kept appealing for understanding.
Ministers’ ultimate desire was to make sure the festival holds.
6. Unfailingly. Many wanted to scuttle it but minister made the right arguments and support for financial assistance.
7. The option of moving it out of Edo was there. An option the Ministry had resorted to. When Cross River insisted on a 500m FG support. The minister never reached for it.
8. The Covid 19 delays. The timing. The sheet Logistics all made Edo the best option.
9. Edo’s threat was an ambush of the FG. In bad taste. Minister cannot spend money that is not appropriated for a specific purpose.
The financial support Edo wanted was nowhere in the budget. Only presidential special funds could be made available for it.
Not even the Minister of Finance can just yank off such financial support without due process and necessary approvals. FG rules are clear.
I am at a loss what Edo wanted the Minister to do. Force the FG to find the money by all means ? Take money from his budget and give Edo which will be impossible?
The letters the documents were part of due process and that process was ongoing before Edo felt they could achieve getting the funds Without the Minister.
In the fist place. If the Minister did not convey Edo’s request to Mr. President Edo would never have being in line for any support. It’s a support. A privilege. Not a right.
Sports
Nigeria Customs Service Embarks on Training Tour
Joel Ajayi
As part of preparations for the 2025 African Women’s Club Championship, the Nigeria Customs Service women’s volleyball team has embarked on a training tour in Benin Republic.
The tournament is scheduled to take place from April 1 to 14 in Abuja, Nigeria.
The team departed for Benin Republic on Wednesday.
The Sports Secretary of the Nigeria Customs Service, Samuel Onikeku, appreciated the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi MFR, and his management team for approving the training tour.
He emphasised that the tour would allow the players and coaching crew to assess their level of preparedness for the upcoming championship.
Onikeku expressed confidence in the team’s potential to make a strong impression at the tournament, citing the support received from the Federal Government of Nigeria, particularly through the First Lady, Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu CON.
He said, “The volleyball team has traveled to Benin Republic for a 10-day training tour. The players have been in camp since February, and this tour will provide them with an opportunity to compete against teams outside the country.
“I want to appreciate the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi MFR, and his management team for approving this training tour.
“During the training tour, Nigeria Customs Service will take on strong opponents from Benin Republic, Ghana and Togo.
“The support we received from Nigeria’s First Lady, Her Excellency Senator Oluremi Tinubu CON, has been tremendous, and the team is committed to making the country proud.”
He said the service is determined to better their position after finishing fourth place in 2021.
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