Paris 2024: Panel Recommends N8m Compensation For Ofili, Indicts AFN Officials
Reported by Ayooluwa Afolabi
The panel investigating Team Nigeria's negative exposure at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics has recommended a symbolic compensation payment of N8 million ($5,000) to Favour Ofili.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee was established by then Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh, to investigate Nigeria’s disappointing performance at the Olympics.
The committee's chairman, Mumini Alao, submitted the report to Enoh on October 22, which was later approved for release by the new National Sports Commission chairman, Shehu Dikko.
In a major scandal, Nigerian athlete Favor Ofili was denied the opportunity to compete in the women’s 100m at the Olympics, despite qualifying for the event.
According to The Nation, in a 54-page document, the committee highlighted the conflicting evidence regarding Ofili’s omission from the event, pointing to potential lapses by officials from the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC).
It said AFN Secretary General Rita Mosindi and Technical Director Samuel Onikeku should be sanctioned for their roles in Ofili’s omission and advised the athlete to improve her conduct.
The committee also recommended a code of governance for the NOC and the Sports Ministry (now NSC).
It also demanded an apology from cyclist Ese Ukpeseraye, who caused public outrage.
She revealed that the Germans bailed her out at one of her cycling events because she did not have the appropriate bicycle to participate.
The committee advised the Federal Government to provide better and more timely funding for athletes and called for improved testing for performance-enhancing drugs.
(NAN)
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