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Rio 2016: Sports Ministry probes NFF’s account

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The power tussle between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Nigeria Football Federation has taken another dimension as Sports Minister has ordered for a probe into the expenditures of the NFF at the just concluded Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.

Dalung ordered the General Secretary of the federation, Muhammed Sanusi, to present comprehensive accounting details of how the NFF spent all ‘monies’ collected from the ministry for the assignment.

It was also learnt that the some topshots of the federation collected over 20 days estacode but only spent two days in Brazil.

An official of the NFF who prefers anonymity however said there was no big deal in the move by the ministry to probe the federation.

“Probe or no probe the federation will ordinarily render account of how money was spent at the games to the ministry since that is the norm here,” the source said.

So far, it is not clear if the ministry will also extends the current probe to other federations that represented Nigeria at the games.

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