Some top officials in the Ministry of Youths and Sports are said to be angry with the Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Sunday Adeleye, over his alleged refusal to respond to a query following a petition by 120 athletes calling for his removal as their representative on the board of AFN.
The nation’s athletics was thrown into confusion about two weeks ago when the athletes sent a petition to the sports ministry calling for the immediate removal of Adeleye as Athletes Representative on the board of AFN. The athletes’ grouse against the Technical Director was that he was not representing their interest in the AFN.
Following the petition, the sports ministry allegedly queried Adeleye, and gave him ten days to respond to issues raised by the athletes.
The Guardian learnt yesterday that Adeleye has refused to answer the query, an action that is not going down well with the sports ministry. Read more