NIGERIA DOMESTIC NEWS & SCORES

Budget crisis talks continue in Nigeria

The financial crisis in Nigerian sport abated on Thursday as the country's parliament agreed to consider the 2008 sports budget.

Parliament had refused to approve the budget unless the Nigeria Sports Commission (NSC) accounts for 37 million dollars of its 2007 allocation.

Without a budget, Nigeria would then go into the Nations Cup finals and 2010 World Cup qualifiers with no government support.

Of the 43 million dollars allocated for 2007, the NSC has accounted for only six million dollars.

But the chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, says that he will now study the 2007 expenditure submitted by the NSC.

A final verdict from the committee is expected on Monday.

Mediation for NFA and NFL

The committee also set up a five-man panel to mediate in the long-running fall-out between the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) and Nigeria Football League (NFL).

Complete Story, BBC

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