”Tell to Nigerian sports minister “ I’m little bit angry now.” Japanese billionaire who donated $390,000 to U-23 football team Blast

 

 To say the Japanese billionaire who donated $390,000 to U-23 football team is angry now, is to attempt to paint a full house with biro ink rather than paint.

Dr. Katsuya Takasu is not happy that  the Nigerian Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung is querying his source of wealth after doing so much to elevate the team and make them happy. 

 Dalung had reported called for investigation Dr Takasu donation to the team. 

The Japanese billionaire who tweeted in his passable English on Sunday said: “”Tell to Nigerian sports minister “Check Takasu foundation, I’m little bit angry now.”

But some Nigerians who read his tweet have been reacting also, appealing to him not to be angry while condemning the minister as well as the Integrity Officer of the NFF, Dr. Christian Emeruwa who insinuated that the Surgeon could be a match-fixer in his letter of advice to the football federation. 

Nigerian-born BBC reporter, Osasu Obayiuwana wrote “That he (Dr. Takasu) could even be remotely linked to match-fixing has made him pretty upset, as that is an attempt to smear his hard-earned reputation as a physician and humanitarian. If the NFF’s Integrity Officer had bothered to check him out properly, he would have found his website and gotten all the information that he needed to get about Dr Takasu, before claiming that his donation could be tainted. 

He also could have made direct contact with Dr Takasu. Nigerian officials should do their jobs thoroughly and not try to rubbish an amazing gesture from a very good person who cared about Nigeria’s Olympic football team, when others, who were duty-bound to do so, failed, ABYSMALLY, to discharge their responsibility.” Obayiuwana added by tweeting to Dr. Takasu thus: “The Nigerian people appreciate what you did for the team,” and went further to refer him to what Coach Samson Siasia said about him in a Saturday Vanguard interview. 

Another worried Nigerian, Ngwoke Marshall tweeted “@katsuyatakasu we love you sir for what you did, what the NFF and even the minister could not do for the players,” as another person, Oloye wrote, “Please don’t be angry sir, we love you in Nigeria for that gesture.” 

Siasia in the Saturday Vanguard interview had said “What actually happened is that the man (Dr. Takasu) was just curious how a team that was neglected and abandoned could arrive Rio under five hours and defeat the Japanese team that had all they needed and have been put together for over three years, that was his amazement.” 

Now who should we blame for this madness? the sport minister who doesn't seem to know his left from his right or who???