The immediate-past President of the Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation, Queen Uboh-Idris, has alleged that the actions of the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, forced her to res
ign.
“I sent my resignation letter to the ministry on February 7 and my reason for the resignation was because I was psychologically and emotionally traumatised by the actions of the Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Gabriel Aduda, and some members of the NPPF board. On the claim that a trophy won by Nigeria was still in her possession, Uboh-Idris said the trophy which is named after Mrs Buhari was not in her possession.She also said the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development should be blamed for the issues which trailed the recent Para-Powerlifting World Cup.reports that the competition was held in Abuja from February 5 to February 7.
She added that the International Paralympic Committee scored Nigeria above average on the organisation of the event.
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