I read with disbelief that a group of former super eagles players lead by Etim Esin protested against the fact that government has been insensitive to their plight following the death of the Edo state born Thompson Oliha, who is now the third member of the 1994 team that won the Nations Cup for the country after Rashidi Yekini and Uche Okafor.
My problem is first of all, these people played football for the country and were paid. It was not the case that playing for the country was the only thing they did. They were playing football for club sides and earning money before they played for Nigeria. Playing football for the country does not mean that when you retire, you are entitled to pension or gratuity. They were not civil servants.
Secondly, these people earned money by playing for their respective clubsides, they have squarndered it and are expecting government to come and take care of them. Etim Esin even went further to say that he agreed he made money while he was playing football, but according to him, that was then. The government should still take care of them.
It is vexing when you hear people who has had opportunity to make it in this country and the wasted it only to turn round and start demanding for assitance from government when there are millions of Nigerians who pray to God everyday for such an opportunity. How many Nigerians wallk the streets everyday looking for what to put in their stomach and here is a man who was given the opportunity, made money, finished it and is going on the street, protesting that government abandoned him. He should be careful.

Yoy have said it all.

Yes Eghuan1 has made soe valid and true points, however, the government should fulfill some of the promises made to these players, for example the promise of a gift of a house for the team of 94. It is very sad that 19 years after the promise was made it hasn't been fulfilled.