SEEMS GOVERNMENT has shown some athletes the money.
Minister of Sport Stephen Lashley has refuted recent reports that Barbados’ elite and emerging athletes had not received any grants for the year. However, he acknowledged there was an issue with the system of funding allocation.
Lashley made the comments during Saturday’s panel discussion on sports entitled Tek It Pro Or Nah, which was staged by the Young Democrats at The St Michael School.
“To say that both emerging and elite athletes have not been funded is not correct at all and I will certainly rely on the [Barbados Olympic Association] and the [National] Sports Council (NSC) to give you the facts on that,” said Lashley, in response to an impassioned member of the audience. (JM)
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