Ministerof Youth and Sport Development Solomon Dalung has said that Nigeria has wonover 700 medals in various sporting activities in the last three and half yearsof his stewardship. He statedthis in Benin during the extra-ordinary meeting of the National Council onSports. Dalungcalled on state governors to change their attitude towards sport development inthe country by making adequate budgetary provisions for athletes in any sporttournament to ease the task of funding on athletes and officials. He saidthe experience of some sport directors during the 19th National Sport Festivalin Abuja was very pathetic as most of them had to travel to Abuja with the hopethat that money would come but in the end had to organised an emergency fundraising to raise money before they could organised their athletes toparticipate in the festival. The Minster added that the irony of the situation was that upon returning from the competition, the state government rolled out drums to welcome them.