war against unemployment and social vices, which idleness and poverty promote.
In Nigeria, football, and indeed other sporting disciplines are used as “settlements” by party members and cronies, some of who don’t understand the intricacies of the sector and are therefore not equipped to handle it effectively. While receiving the report, President Muhammadu Buhari said that his government is interested in developing a football culture that will accommodate global best practices and “also helps the nation to lay a solid foundation for domestic football and to put in place, professionally and efficiently run leagues.”
However, members of the Masterplan Committee said that the stakeholders’ stance was borne out of the misconception of the Federal Government’s intention. “Now, because of the way Nigeria is, many people do not understand things like the architecture of sports from the administrative side; the regulatory side and the stakeholders’ side, as well as the operative side.
“But over time, especially with military and other interventions, what happened was that we cannibalised the states and we have YSFON, Nigeria Schools Sports Federation and the NOC doing its own thing. Everything became a mess.“We had regions in the olden days and the government wasn’t structured to have a football unit, so we had the Northern Football Association, the Western Football Association and the Eastern Football Association.
Using Jamaica and Kenya to illustrate his point, Idowu said, “no matter how popular you are, if you do not make the qualifying time, you are going nowhere and it’s very straightforward. This ideology is a function of what you choose. Jamaicans have chosen athletics; Kenya has chosen long distance, Nigeria naturally favours football, even though we are good at other things, football is the strongest.
According to Idowu, officials of progressive countries do not demand business class tickets when they travel because they want to serve their country. “You ask yourself, what are we getting in return? What is the proper strategy? Since we do not know, instead of the government always interfering, let us come together and find out what would be best.
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