The recent outcry on the payment of FCT Queen Football Club and the poor performance of Team FCT at last year’s national sports festival in Lagos is being blamed on alleged embezzlement of fund by the Social Development Secretary, Blessing Onuh.
Pilot gathered from a reliable source in the Secretariat that the Secretary, who is the daughter of Senate president, Senator David Mark diverted vehicles and money meant for the FCT Team for her husband’s political campaign for chairmanship position in his local government.
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| Blessing Onuh in red T-shirt while Alim Musa is on her left hand |
As a result, the source stated that the FCT Team had to travel by public transport to Lagos, there putting financial strain on members of the contingent who were poorly mobilised for the sports fiesta. Besides, they had to hire buses to enable them shuttle between their hotels and various venues of the event.
Meanwhile, it was also alleged that some of the FCT Queen Football Club girls had to resort to soliciting sex for money with a view to surviving the hard times.
Pilot also gathered that the director of sports, Mohammed Alim, who is over-due for retirement, said he needed N60 million to put in place different sporting federations in the FCT and for the event to be held at the Transcorp Hilton hotel, Abuja.
A similar one which the National Sports Commission, NSC held at the Abuja National Stadium cost the Ministry of Sports, little.
It would be recalled that Alim and Onuh have been under fire from stakeholders, especially the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, FCT Chapter over payment of salaries and allowances for the Queens as well as sports development in the territory.
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