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A review of the 2016 budget of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development reveals that Nigeria is very far away from achieving any tangible development in sports.
Mr. Solomon Dalung is in charge of the ministry.
Out of the total N75.4bn allocated to the Ministry, only a paltry N4.6bn is earmarked for capital expenditure – that is the building of facilities like football pitches, basket courts, athletics tracks and fully equipped halls for indoor games like table tennis, boxing, weightlifting and so on. A whopping N70.8bn however, is budgeted for payment of salaries and other expenses related to running the day to day affairs of the ministry.
There are are four wings under the ministry apart from its secretariat – Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, National Youth Service Corps, Nigeria Football Federation, and the Nigeria Institute for Sports.
The Ministry budgeted N27, 798,124 for “Local Training,” while the amount budgeted for transportation for this training is N47, 369,208. There is also a N12, 749,191 provision for transportation for an “International Training,” but there's no provision in the budget for the “International Training.”
There are three provisions for the “Purchase of Office Furniture and Fittings,” and they are allocated N38, 257,300, N181, 701,880 and N29, 400,000 respectively. There are also two provisions for “Purchase of Library Books and Equipment,” with N26, 060,500 and N11, 764,000 allocated respectively.
When summed up, the total for the purchase of books alone for the Ministry itself amounts to N37, 824, 500 – more than the amount 37 Federal Universities and 25 Federal Polytechnics spend to purchase the same items in a year.
The Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre has a capital expenditure of N74,876,501. Its details are as follows; N23,958,000 for the construction/provision of housing, N35,462,881 for the construction/provision of libraries, and another N15,455,620 for the construction/provision of housing.
Apart from N1, 519, 222 listed as ‘international training’ for the Nigerian Football Federation, the breakdown of the rest of the other sum under the ‘capital expenditure’ was not expressly stated.
It is not a wonder why most of the country's athletes in the Rio 2016 Olympics aren't in good conditions.
Mr. Solomon Dalung is in charge of the ministry.
Out of the total N75.4bn allocated to the Ministry, only a paltry N4.6bn is earmarked for capital expenditure – that is the building of facilities like football pitches, basket courts, athletics tracks and fully equipped halls for indoor games like table tennis, boxing, weightlifting and so on. A whopping N70.8bn however, is budgeted for payment of salaries and other expenses related to running the day to day affairs of the ministry.
There are are four wings under the ministry apart from its secretariat – Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre, National Youth Service Corps, Nigeria Football Federation, and the Nigeria Institute for Sports.
The Ministry budgeted N27, 798,124 for “Local Training,” while the amount budgeted for transportation for this training is N47, 369,208. There is also a N12, 749,191 provision for transportation for an “International Training,” but there's no provision in the budget for the “International Training.”
There are three provisions for the “Purchase of Office Furniture and Fittings,” and they are allocated N38, 257,300, N181, 701,880 and N29, 400,000 respectively. There are also two provisions for “Purchase of Library Books and Equipment,” with N26, 060,500 and N11, 764,000 allocated respectively.
When summed up, the total for the purchase of books alone for the Ministry itself amounts to N37, 824, 500 – more than the amount 37 Federal Universities and 25 Federal Polytechnics spend to purchase the same items in a year.
The Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre has a capital expenditure of N74,876,501. Its details are as follows; N23,958,000 for the construction/provision of housing, N35,462,881 for the construction/provision of libraries, and another N15,455,620 for the construction/provision of housing.
Apart from N1, 519, 222 listed as ‘international training’ for the Nigerian Football Federation, the breakdown of the rest of the other sum under the ‘capital expenditure’ was not expressly stated.
It is not a wonder why most of the country's athletes in the Rio 2016 Olympics aren't in good conditions.