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- Kano State Government has pledged N1 cardinal to each household of the 22 athletes killed successful a tragic centrifugal accident.
- Deputy Governor Gwarzo described the nonaccomplishment arsenic heartbreaking and vowed enactment for bereaved families and injured survivors.
- The authorities volition supply food, alleviation materials, and guarantee apical aesculapian attraction for survivors of the tragedy
The Kano State Government has pledged N1million to each household of the 22 young athletes who died successful a tragic centrifugal mishap portion returning from the National Sports Festival successful Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Deputy Governor Aminu Gwarzo announced this connected Saturday during a condolence sojourn to Nasarawa Hospital successful Kano State, wherever the bodies of the deceased were kept.
Speaking connected behalf of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, Gwarzo described the tragic incidental arsenic a “heartbreaking loss” for Kano and the full nation.
Source: Twitter
He said via Punch:
"It’s a tragic time for Kano and Nigeria. These young athletes represented our authorities with pride, immoderate adjacent winning golden medals. "Sadly, their travel ended conscionable kilometres from home."The victims were portion of the state's contingent astatine the just-concluded National Sports Festival, an lawsuit promoting peace, unity, and younker improvement done sports.
Apart from the fiscal aid, the authorities besides promised to supply nutrient and alleviation materials to enactment the affected families.
Gwarzo disclosed that 20 victims were identified astatine the hospital, portion 2 were taken distant by their respective families.
He assured the authorities authorities would enactment the bereaved and guarantee the champion attraction for the injured.
At Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, wherever 7 injured athletes are being treated, helium expressed sympathy and promised afloat enactment for their recovery.
He added:
"Governor Yusuf ordered the contiguous merchandise of funds for some the deceased’s families and the injured."On behalf of Governor Yusuf and the radical of Kano, we connection our deepest condolences. May Allah forgive their shortcomings and assistance them Jannatul Firdaus."The magnitude of N1million to enactment each of the families has near Nigerians fuming connected societal media.
@udokaanyanwu wrote connected X:
"1 cardinal Naira, wealth spent successful hours, for a promising athlete, Nigeria conscionable happened, sigh."@bukme_arb added:
"They could person paid for their formation with the N1m, but radical would alternatively wage for your burial than springiness you wealth for nutrient oregon wage your aesculapian bills."@AladeseS said:
"In a onshore plagued by corruption, we extremity up losing more, some successful lives and successful resources, connected situations that should beryllium easy and affordably managed. We present spot ₦22 cardinal being paid to the families of young men who died untimely deaths."@kubili100 wrote:
"Is that what their beingness worthy to the kano people."@kelechi_arinze posited:
"Imagine the region they had to travel, due to the fact that of the corrupt state we are in, these children are expected to question by air. On apical of it, our roadworthy is truthful atrocious that it causes mishap each the time. A congested roadworthy unit, what bash you expect."
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Ogun athletes protestation unpaid allowances
Legit.ng earlier reported that athletes who represented Ogun State astatine the National Sports Festival staged a peaceful protest astatine Babcock University implicit the non-payment of their allowances.
The big athletes blocked access, preventing different authorities contingents from reaching their designated sports venues.
They lamented mediocre attraction by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
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