I’LL GET RID OF CORRUPTION IN SPORTS, SAYS MINISTER OF SPORTS DALONG


Having being a victim of the exploitation in the past, the minister has revealed his drive to tackle corruption in the sports sector towards ensuring its growth and success
Nigeria’s minister of sport Solomon Dalong has said he would do all it takes to curb corruption in the sports ministry.
The 51-year-old retired attorney who was sworn-in as the Minister of Sports and Youth Development disclosed that he was swindled by the Nigeria Football Federation in 2002 and has promised to fight corruption in sports to a standstill, while warning sports administrators to desist from the ‘ungodly’ act.
On the financial fraud suffered, he said his team were shortchanged by the NFF after travelling along the federal government delegation to the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations getting $400 instead of the promised $7000.
“I am a victim of all those frauds they do in the sports industry," Dalong told media.
"I went to Mali in the 2002 Africa Nations Cup on a federal government delegation. I want told in Abuja here that I was entitled to $7,000 (an estacode) but I was given $400.
“I was given $400 and I have to metamorphose from a refugee in Mali to organising international launch from my friends to safe me to be able to survive and return to this country.
"Meanwhile there were children of people in government playing with dollars. Why we lost that match in Mali was because of the tradition of a player making some concession of $2,000 from his allowance of $5,000 to the team before he will be featured.”
"Those who did not comply were denied appearance for that match. I don’t know if Jesus or Mohammed has touched them to change. Corruption has indeed destroyed everything we do in this country and that is why we think that the best way to approach it is to come out and wage war against it,” he continued.
"This corruption was not only limited to sports alone but every social system. Once we are able to minimise corruption in the industry, we will go far. The best way to do it is to provide transparent leadership. The body language of the leader should be very clear.
"The major predicament is when a minister declares that he wants to fight corruption but yet brown envelops are smuggled into his resident at the midnight, there is no way he can wage war against corruption.
“It is not possible because those bringing brown envelops have vested interest in the system. It is either that they have strangulated the system and want to be protected or they are planning to beat the system. Every whistle blower must be very careful because you cannot say that you don’t like the system yet you are practicing corruption.
“That was what was on ground but I think, we will try to make the difference. We will insist that anything meant for a particular purpose should be utilised for that purpose.
"Anybody who has done us proud should be rewarded. Anybody who deserves entitlement should be given the entitlement. Let me say that corruption will be tackled headlong," he concluded.

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