No, to extravagant, government-sponsored travel
If a government seems unable to prevent corruption, maybe it can stop facilitating it.Olympics 2012: Nigeria bans government delegation
Nigeria will not be sending an official government delegation to the Olympic Games in London, Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi has said…
Bolaji Abdullahi
The BBC's Oluwashina Okeleji in Lagos says official sporting entourages are usually huge and have come in for much criticism recently.
The officials often have little or nothing to do with the sport they are travelling to support, he says…
Our reporter says an anti-corruption investigation was launched after the 2010 football World Cup because of the exorbitant bill for officials who travelled to South Africa.
When Nigeria's football team travels, the delegation is often much larger in number than the team and it expands several times over if the Super Eagles progress in the competition, he says.
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