NOC chief orders full payment of allowances, bonuses to Team Nigeria

Buoyed by the impressive performances of Team Nigerian athletes at the Rio Olympics, President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr. Habu Gumel, has ordered the release of allowances and bonuses to the athletes.

“We want these athletes to concentrate and not allow anything to distract them,” Gumel said yesterday when he called at the Games Village. All their monies should be paid to them in full. We don’t want any distraction. It is their money and it has been released,’’ he said.

The announcement of the full payment no doubt, would calm frayed nerves and dismiss rumours that the athletes were only going to receive part payments. “It is their money and it has been released. We want total concentration of the athletes in their quest for medals for the country,’’ Gumel said yesterday at the Games Village here in Rio.The IOC member said that officials of Team Nigeria were working together to ensure that the athletes come out with descent performances in their various disciplines.