The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has said that though the Ministry regrets the disqualification of 10 Nigerian Field Athletes, they, however, are happy that Nigeria still boasts of 12 top Field Athletes who are ready to do the Nation proud as the athletes events kick off on Friday.
In a statement released by the Ministry on Thursday, the Minister stated that the situation was a highly regrettable and unfortunate development for 10 Nigerian Track and Field athletes not meeting the testing conditions of the Athletics Integrity Unit.
Dare noted that all necessary efforts were made to bring the athletes to date with compliance to the WADA regulations by the Ministry. They said that the 10 athletes were principally alternate and foreign students athletes, whose tests did not meet WADA sample collection and analysis standards.
The Minister stressed that the situation is being managed by the Ministry and the AFN which have requested all athletes in the Games Village to remain focused to doing our motherland proud.
“It’s worthy to note that the 10 athletes did not test positive for any banned substance, but rather did not meet up with the last of the 3 out-of-competition tests due to the aforementioned reason.
“The Ministry notes and commends the decision of the AFN to appoint Prof. Ken Anugweje as Head of its Medical and Anti-doping Commission,” the statement concluded.
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