IPC Athletics meet: Nigerian athletes bemoan no show in France
By Ben Efe Five Nigerian paralympians who were scheduled to participate at this year’s International Paralympics committee athletics championships in Lyon, France but failed to attend, have been licking their wounds. According to one of the athletes, a discus thrower, their inability to be in France for the championships was a great disservice to their career as para athletes. [caption id="attachment_312460" align="alignnone" width="412"] Cross Section of Nigeria's Paralympians[/caption] “It is a pity how we disabled athletes are being treated in Nigeria. After all the training and suffering, we were told that we cannot go anywhere. This is killing our morale,” said the athlete at the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. Secretary of the Nigeria Paralympics committee, Frank Thorpe said that Nigeria was not represented at the IPC world Championships because there wasn’t any money to ferry the athletes to Lyon. “We applied for funds to attend but the NS...