The National Sports Commission (NSC) have described as “malicious” some publications that anti-graft agency EFCC is probing the Federal Government parastatal.
In a press release signed by the office of the NSC director-general, NSC said these reports were “very unprofessional” and “an extreme case of distorted sensationalism”.
“While in the body of the story, there was nowhere it explained what the headline portrayed that the newly established Sports Commission is being investigated, it is therefore very easy to conclude that the writer was intentional in a bid to malign the newly established sports commission,” the statement read in part.
“As much as the leadership of the NSC under the Chairmanship of Mallam Shehu Dikko and Honourable Bukola Olopade as Director General, are media-friendly administrators, the commission will not accept a deliberate effort to damage the new brand that it’s starting to build.
“Setting the record very straight, it is important to state that the EFCC only asked the commission to furnish it with relevant documents concerning the Nigeria Football Federation.
“The EFCC did this because the National Sports Commission is the apex body of Sports in the country, which has all the various sports federations under it.”
