Peter Obi has berated the federal government over the poor performance of Team Nigeria at the Olympics in Paris, France.
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, has berated the federal government over Nigeria’s poor outing at the Olympics in Paris, France.on X on Sunday, Obi expressed his displeasure with the team’s failure to win a “single medal” despite the “huge financial investment”.
“Now that the Paris Olympics 2024 has officially ended and our dear Team Nigeria, despite the huge financial investment made into the project, is returning without a single medal, let me unreservedly register my displeasure with the performance of our team and their handlers,” Obi said.“The rascality and recklessness that has continued to characterise leadership in our nation in nearly every department.
“How can one explain that a country like Jamaica spent less than 5% of what we spent on our contingents for the Paris Olympics 2024 and won as many as 6 medals.“Yet with our huge financial investments and large contingent, we could not win even a single medal?” “This is over N136 million spent on each of the 88 Nigerian contingents to the Olympics, and no single medal was won while Jamaica, a nation which spent far less than we did, a total of about $2300 on each contingent, won 6 medals; 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze at the Olympics,” he said.
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