The Minister for Sports, Solomon Dalung has tried to reduce the amount of hits he’s receiving over his public gaffe by setting his twitter account to private.
Dalung came under fire when addressing the situation of the U-23 players stranded in Atlanta, he called the USA, ‘The United States of Nigeria’. He was besieged by trolls ever since.
“Our U-23 team suffering in the United States of Nigeria, What are there for? Because they are U-23 and they went to US and they are having problems, does that become our business? ” he said prompting the deluge of mocking comments he received.
You can watch the video of his gaffe below.
The U-23 team have finally been sorted though as they have reportedly departed from Atlanta to Rio.
The issue was reported to have been resolved after Vice-President Osinbajo talked to them last night and told them not to be demoralized.
You can see photos of the players departing below.
