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The Chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Amaju Pinnick has explained the rationale behind the government\u2019s release of the N25m training grant to Blessing Okagbare and other selected Delta State athletes to begin preparations for the London 2012 Olympics Games.<\/p>\n

Speaking in a telephone chat from Asaba, Pinnick said that the release of the training grants to Delta State athletes who are based in foreign climes was not just for the Olympics only but also to enable the beneficiaries to get into top shape ahead of next year\u2019s National Sports Festival holding in Lagos.<\/p>\n

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Gov Uduaghan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He added that the such money, was also meant to get the athletes in the best shape when competing at global sports meets.<\/p>\n

The Sports Commission boss said that in line with the Human Capital Development policy of the Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan-led administration, the country has gained immensely from the investment of Delta State in Sports as her athletes often form the bulk of the nation\u2019s contingent at international competitions.<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that at the just-concluded 2011 All African Games in Mozambique, athletes of Delta State extraction who are on scholarship abroad won six out of the ten gold medals picked in athletics.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pinnick has berated the National Sports Commission over the amended rule by the National Council of Sports which has excluded foreign-based athletes from participating at the next National Sports Festival in Lagos.<\/p>\n

\u201cRestricting eligibility to only Nigeria \u2013 based athletes will deprive Delta State of making use of the athletes, whom the government has invested in hugely. There is no way an athlete can become great if he stays in Nigeria because the facilities are just not enough to groom world class athletes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are truly serious about developing our athletes, there is no way that they would not be taken abroad to experience new ways of doing things, which is what we are doing in Delta State. We are trying to develop these athletes and it is so wrong for us to be denied the right to use our athletes in the country\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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