Nigerian Athlete Blasts Minister, Authorities For Her Disqualification From Global Event

Nigerian Athlete Blasts Minister, Authorities For Her Disqualification From Global Event

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:06 PM
  • Nigerian athlete Ezinne Abba will not be competing in the Common Wealth games and she has expressed disappointment
  • The US based athlete explained that she had to switch allegiance from the United States to pick Nigeria
  • Ezinne Abba also blasted the Nigeria's Sports Minister Sunday Dare also other officials for their negligence

Nigerian athlete Ezinne Abba has expressed sadness over her disqualification to compete for Nigeria at the 2022 Common Wealth games over what she termed as negligence from the authority.

Recently, Ezinne Abba switched her nationality from the United States to Nigeria and was ready to represent the West African nation in the Common Wealth games.

Ezinne Abba, Athletics Federation, Sports Minister.
Nigeria athlete Abba blasts authorities for her disqualication from Common Wealth
Source: Twitter

According to what the athlete posted on her social media account, she lamented that the Athletes Federation failed her in the quest to represent the country.

Ezinne Abba's reaction to her disqualification

''It has always been my dream to compete for Nigeria on the world stage, but despite reaching the world standard, flying to Nigeria alone and switching my allegiance from the US pus mentally and physically preparing myself, the Athletic Federation of Nigeria failed me.

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''The negligence and egocentric actions of the Minister and other admins have once again overcame the Federation which negatively affects the athletes.
''They speak repeatedly about trying to fix the broken system, that is Nigerian athletics by firing and hiring all new staff, but the corruption still lives and unfortunately, I will not be competing in the Common Wealth games.''

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