REVEALED: How Sports Ministry Messed Up Nigeria's Slots At The Olympics

                                   
                                                     Olatokunbo Thomas

I found the news content of Vanguard and feel the need for you dear readers to know about it. His name is Olatokumbo Thomas he is an Executive member of FINA, swimming world governing body. A well respected Nigerian at the world stage. Apart from the fact that nobody in Nigeria's sports ministry knows about the man including the Sports Minister is shocking, another sad thing is that NOC (Nigeria Olympic Committee members do not even know that such people exist.
Now this is the main shocker, Thomas who is also the vice president of the world swimming body has revealed that Two Nigerians that qualified for swimming at the Olympics were withdrawn by the sports ministry simply because "they do not think" the athletes will do well.

According to the man who felt bad about the situation “I don’t care if they don’t care about me but I care for Nigerian sports. Do you know the embarrassment Nigeria brought to me here? Two Nigerians qualified to swim here in the Olympics. They had already been registered to compete here and accreditation already issued. But the sports ministry advised the Nigeria Olympic Committee to withdraw them from the Olympics because they felt that they would not be able to win anything.

It was unbelievable. Members of FINA here are asking me what is wrong with Nigeria? It is a good question that I want the sports ministry and NOC to answer. Do you know what it means to an athlete to qualify for the Olympics and compete there? It is the greatest stage for any athlete. And there are always surprises. Even if the athletes don’t win the experience gathered at the Olympic Games is unmatchable.
Have all the other athletes we entered won in their events? Were they ever hoping that all of them would win? Why must they exclude swimming because they felt we would not win? Something must be wrong with us and I really want the leadership of NOC and the National Sports Commission to explain to Nigerians what the problem is. People have been nasty to our sports and it is unfortunate. I weep for Nigeria.”