Seun Kuti Blasts Government Over Poor Outing At The Olympics 

Following the recently concluded 2024 Olympics in Paris, which Nigeria performed woefully, many insults have been directed at the Federal government.

Popular controversial singer and activist, Seun Kuti has criticized the Nigerian government over Nigeria's poor outing in which the Nigerian team failed to win any medal.

He took to X to bemoan Nigeria's failure at the Olympics, as the fault of the government, who did not invest money at other areas in sports which was evident at the performance of the Olympics.

In the viral video, Seun said that the Nigerian government refused to invest in sports that needed equipment to practice which affected the teams performance.

Seun bemoaned in the video saying:
“I watched the Olympic games. look at how poorly we performed. How many sports are we competing in? I saw that it was only sports that did not need investment that Nigerians participated in. We only did sports that needed minimum investment.

“You know, to play football, you need a ball, post and net and in some places, boys would use slippers to create a goal post. But in sports that need things like rackets, basketball courts, rims and nets where you can’t easily improvise, we weren’t there. We competed in track and field events because it is easy to do running. But we are never in sports that need equipment.

“Nigerians know all these sports and bet on them so how much would it take to create a good league and gift the winners 25 million dollars? Let there be a minimum of a million dollars per year, after all, this is what boys are earning in Europe.

“Nigerians are unable to enjoy their children’s talents, all our big superstars. Which other shows do they play in Nigeria? I was watching the Olympics and I saw a lot of people with Nigerian sounding names doing incredible things for other countries. If Simone Biles can be that great, imagine how many talents that are wasting away because people will not invest in gymnastics and train our children.”