Following the national embarrassement imanating from the Nigerian Supporters Club members' inability to come back home as scheduled soon after the last Nations Cup soccer tournament in Egypt, the Sports Ministry has decided to come hard on all Nigerians intending to travel to Australia for the forth-conming Commonwealth Games.
nigeriaspports.com gathered that, as a result of this, the Ministry now requests that, anyone intending to travel to far-away Australia for the Games, should as a matter of condition, procure and present documents showing that,all bills including lodging and boarding reservations and their return tickets.
"This is to make sure that, no Nigerian or Nigerians are left stranded in that country after the Games," our Abuja source phoned in.
As a result of this, nigeriasports.com can tell you, that most intending travellers through the Ministry, are now finding things "very difficult". It would be recalled that, no fewer than 170 Nigerian members of the Suppporters Club, who flew to Egypt to beef-up support for the bronze-winning Super Eagles, are still at press time, stranded in the north African country.
ent imanating from the Nigerian Supporters Club members' inability to come back home as scheduled soon after the last Nations Cup soccer tournament in Egypt, the Sports Ministry has decided to come hard on all Nigerians intending to travel to Australia for the forth-conming Commonwealth Games.
nigeriaspports.com gathered that, as a result of this, the Ministry now requests that, anyone intending to travel to far-away Australia for the Games, should as a matter of condition, procure and present documents showing that,all bills including lodging and boarding reservations and their return tickets.
"This is to make sure that, no Nigerian or Nigerians are left stranded in that country after the Games," our Abuja source phoned in.
As a result of this, nigeriasports.com can tell you, that most intending travellers through the Ministry, are now finding things "very difficult". It would be recalled that, no fewer than 170 Nigerian members of the Suppporters Club, who flew to Egypt to beef-up support for the bronze-winning Super Eagles, are still at press time, stranded in the north African country.
Published: 2006-02-26 15:50:43
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