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Dalung Investigates Alleged Disappearance of $150,000 IAAF Grant

Solomon Dalung

The Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has set up a committee to investigate the circumstances around the alleged disappearance of $150,000 grant, which the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) sent to the Athletics Federations of Nigeria (AFN).

IAAF reportedly paid the amount as part of its $15,000 annual grants to member federations for the year 2017. However, the AFN erroneously received $150,000.

Inquiries made revealed that the IAAF accountants later noticed the mistake and requested a refund of the excess payment. But nobody in the federation seems to be aware of what has become of the money.

“This IAAF $150,000 grant is not new to some of us. The transaction was carried out during the last administration before we came on board. It even got to a stage when the secretary (Akawo) was transferred from AFN, but some people mounted pressure on the sports minister to return him. That was how his letter of re-deployment was reversed,” an AFN board member revealed.

 

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