BREAKING!!!!
Favour Ofili 🇳🇬 has been DENIED a transfer of allegiance from Nigeria to 🇹🇷 Türkiye by World Athletics.
The decision states that approving the transfer would compromise key Council imperatives, including protecting the credibility of national representative competitions and preventing the systematic recruitment of overseas athletes for Olympic representation.
Her case was reviewed as part of 11 applications submitted by the Türkiye Athletics Federation, which World Athletics determined were linked to a government-led recruitment strategy aimed at strengthening teams ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Despite being granted Turkish citizenship and signing a lucrative club contract, Ofili remains ineligible to represent Türkiye in National Representative Competitions such as the World Championships or Olympic Games.
She may still compete in one-day meetings in a personal or club capacity.
The decision can be reconsidered and appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
@AfricaFactsZone The Nigerian officials will rather steal the money than upgrade the playing surfaces. CAF is thorough and our stadiums are simply not up to standard
@AfricaFactsZone Are you sure the playing fields are CAF approved ? They don't look like. We are using the old technology and the world has moved. Playing fields today area mixture of both synthetic and natural. Just like what you saw in Morocco. We need to upgrade our playing surfaces .