Govt to probe FIFA U-17 fiesta finances – The Guardian
November 17, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that the Federal Government would probe the finances of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the FIFA Under-17 tournament to ensure that all funds spent during the hosting of the football event are in accordance with the extant rules and regulations guiding such expenditure.
He will meet this week with all the relevant agencies involved in organising the tournament, and “if anybody mismanages government funds, definitely the law will catch up with him or her,” he warned.
Jonathan also asked Nigerians not to be too sad at the loss of the Golden Eaglets, saying that the nation’s qualification for the senior Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) World Cup scheduled to hold next year in South Africa should help ameliorate the pains of the junior team’s defeat.
He said that though the Swiss team which won the gold were technically “a little better, but in terms of skills, we even played a little better. But somehow, we were unfortunate. That is why some of us were sad.”
