Dalung promises training grants for foreign, home athletes (Independent)

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has assured Nigerian athletes currently at the Commonwealth Games village in Gold Coast, that the federal government will not discriminate against athletes during payment of training grants.

“I am here to make clarifications on certain developments that will portray us in bad light, disturb our unity of purpose and has a possibility of distracting our attention from success.

“The issue of training grants is an exclusive reserve of the federal government presently handled by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and it is a decision that will always be taken in our national interest. Read more