 The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has blamed Nigeria's Sports Minister Sonday Dari for determination of the $2.7 million sponsorship deal with PUMA. The Federation claims the German kit company sent Olympic kits to Tokyo for the athletes, but the minister intervened through the Nigerian Embassy in Japan, stopping them from sending the kits to the athletes. The Federation signed a four-year contract with PUMA in 2019 and was due to expire in 2022. Part of the contract is that PUMA will supply Aparallel of all age categories to Nigeria's athletics team for four years at no cost. Also, gold medalists at the Olympic Games will earn $15,000. Silver medalists will get $5,000, while a bronze medal will fetch athletes wearing the PUMA Aparallel at the Games, $3,000. But reports have it that Minister Sonday Dari had vowed that Nigerian athletes to the Games would not wear PUMA because of a leadership toss-up between him and the previous leadership team.