Marjoribanks:
Based on what metric?

There's been no chaos. Almost every sporting federation was fighting during Dalong and Sunday dares tenure.

He's been the most responsive minister and this didn't start with the Olympics.

He priorities athletes welfare. He engages them in a one to one basis.

Not sure if he will succeed, but he's pushing for reforms in the NFF particularly to expand Congress so voting for the NFF chairman isn't left to the politicians at the state FA.

He's also not limited himself to football like almost every other minister does.

Again, not saying he's the best since sliced bread, but a total departure from what we used to have.

CornOak:


Tobi Amusan is out and won't be in the FINAL.

A big blow.

Olympic complexity set in again.Tobi Amusan need first class track and field psychologist to overcome Olympic fright issues…..she should add Chioma Ajunwa to her management team cuz she did it against all odds….Respect Chioma Ajunwa.

lovewins:


There's been no chaos. Almost every sporting federation was fighting during Dalong and Sunday dares tenure.

He's been the most responsive minister and this didn't start with the Olympics.

He priorities athletes welfare. He engages them in a one to one basis.

Not sure if he will succeed, but he's pushing for reforms in the NFF particularly to expand Congress so voting for the NFF chairman isn't left to the politicians at the state FA.

He's also not limited himself to football like almost every other minister does.

Again, not saying he's the best since sliced bread, but a total departure from what we used to have.

Even a stale loaf of bread would've been better than Oga red beret who did nothing but 'spended' the funds

AndSunGorilla:

Reverse colonisation.

Bro, that is what it is. Some say it's revenge. I say okay oo. When they start resisting just the way we resisted, don't cry oo. And their own resistance will be more trenchant.

lovewins:


There's been no chaos. Almost every sporting federation was fighting during Dalong and Sunday dares tenure.

He's been the most responsive minister and this didn't start with the Olympics.

He priorities athletes welfare. He engages them in a one to one basis.

Not sure if he will succeed, but he's pushing for reforms in the NFF particularly to expand Congress so voting for the NFF chairman isn't left to the politicians at the state FA.

He's also not limited himself to football like almost every other minister does.

Again, not saying he's the best since sliced bread, but a total departure from what we used to have.

It seems you are following the present minister bumper to bumper than many of us….good to hear he is trying to expand NFF congress to pave for credible candidates.

An advice,he need more publicity on his activities

Kog45:
It seems you are following the present minister bumper to bumper than many of us….good to hear he is trying to expand NFF congress to pave for credible candidates.

An advice,he need more publicity on his activities

Yes I am paying attention. Line I said, it's not like he's doing anything extra ordinary, but compared to those who have come before him he's been good for sports.

He recently met with Elumelu too and trying to get billionaires in Nigeria to buy NPFL teams so the league goes totally private.

lovewins:


What does it even mean to be uneducated and unexposed? I don't want to assume what you mean?

You know what? just forget about it. Let's agree to disagree.

Got you! Absolutely! We need reforms at all level of sport. We need policies that would allow the best of us at the zonal levels of Sport. If you see those in charge of our sport at State and zonal levels, you would cry, my brother!

lovewins:


There's been no chaos. Almost every sporting federation was fighting during Dalong and Sunday dares tenure.

He's been the most responsive minister and this didn't start with the Olympics.

He priorities athletes welfare. He engages them in a one to one basis.

Not sure if he will succeed, but he's pushing for reforms in the NFF particularly to expand Congress so voting for the NFF chairman isn't left to the politicians at the state FA.

He's also not limited himself to football like almost every other minister does.

Again, not saying he's the best since sliced bread, but a total departure from what we used to have.

She has not really been up to it this year. The allegations really got to her psyche. Like you said she needs a professional psychologist including Ajunwa of course!

Kog45:
Olympic complexity set in again.Tobi Amusan need first class track and field psychologist to overcome Olympic fright issues…..she should add Chioma Ajunwa to her management team cuz she did it against all odds….Respect Chioma Ajunwa.

Marjoribanks:
Got you! Absolutely! We need reforms at all level of sport. We need policies that would allow the best of us at the zonal levels of Sport. If you see those in charge of our sport at State and zonal levels, you would cry, my brother!

The only reform we need is government diversity from sports. I can't think of any government agency managed by civil servants in the country that is working effectively, sports won't be any different.

The only chance we have at success is for government to get out of the way and allow private money into sports. The EPL is privately run, the NBA is privately run, the NCAA which is schools sports in America is privately run. That's the way forward for sports in Nigeria.

No private individual will invest 12 Billion naira in a venture without an plans and expectations for returns. Methinks government monies are better invested in more important concerns to the Nigerian populace like health and education and if sports to infrastructural developments. Private money in football are moving into football academies and not the NPFL because many are discovering the academy to Europe pipeline and taking advantage of it.

After all is said and done, are we leaving the Olympics empty-handed? Not at all! While we may not have brought home many medals, there's plenty to be hopeful about for the future.

The private sector is doing a lot of things right, and with the government stepping up its efforts, especially under the current Minister, I truly believe things will improve.
We can look forward to the Commonwealth Games and the World Athletics Championships with optimism.

As for what's next—Super Eagles! Will it be Sali-Sia or Sant/Chel leading the charge? With less than a month to the 2025AFCONQ and everything still quiet. Hmm!
We'll just have to wait and see. Ciao!

Update

ChrisKels:



Amadu Bello spoke good English which automatically means he was educated and also gives the idea that his other northern mates/brothers were good too or equally educated, but thousands of Igbos got their jobs out of favouritism even though Azikiwe's father was a secretary to the British. So, Azikiwe's father being a secretary does not equally give the idea that his mates and brothers were also educated and merrited there jobs?

Can you quote me on Twitter and write this particular thing you just wrote now with your full chest as a Yoruba man so that I can school you fully without derailing this thread?


If Igbos had all the jobs as you said, so for what reason would the old Eastern region be envious of the western region as you also claimed? Also, in what way was the western region as progressive as the Eastern region to cause such jealousy? Besides cocoa which we matched and subdued with palm oil, what else were you bragging about, since we also have all the jobs, according to you? So, who should be envious of who? From your story, was it not already obvious that Akintola and the west were the ones filled with jealousy because the Igbos were occupying good positions which they of course got in merrit? Tell me what we were envious of. I want to know what the west was doing better than the East that made the east jealous.

that comment was to M7even and since he did not reply I assume he understood my point of education thriving everywhere in Nigeria which means there were qualified people all over Nigeria which you clearly don't understand and you're putting words in my mouth that I said i:gbos were not educated and merit positions but since your mind went there it means you had partial understanding of my point...

most I:gbos have a covetous mentality and that breeds and leads to envy...

In Lagos there is a place called Palm grove where there used be thousands of Palm trees before it was cleared off and roads and other concrete developments killed it off.. Edo, Akwa-ibom and Cross-River are the largest producers of Palm oil there is no i:gbo state there so stop saying what you don't know and this is part of the covetous mentality I am talking about..

Cocoa is still mainly grown in the SW no other region has ever matched the SW in cocoa if any region matches the SW in cocoa then Nigeria will be 2nd largest producer in the world not 4th largest..

in some countries.. government jobs are exclusively for the indigenes, that's the point Bello and Akintola were trying to make..

having jobs is different from controlling the companies or institutions that create those jobs...

Despite i:gbos having most of the federal jobs all over Nigeria the regional jobs and institutions were controlled by the indigenes and Western Nigeria created more regional institutions, companies and agencies than other regions and i:gbos like Azikwe were covetous towards Western Nigeria's institutions and wanted control of Western Nigeria and its regional institutions which i:gbos till date are still trying to grab control of states in the SW...

lovewins:


Yes I am paying attention. Line I said, it's not like he's doing anything extra ordinary, but compared to those who have come before him he's been good for sports.

He recently met with Elumelu too and trying to get billionaires in Nigeria to buy NPFL teams so the league goes totally private.

The Elumelus,Otedolas and Dangotes will never invest in NPFL cuz they are always after quick and big profits…..we just need more of Kunle Soname who understands the game very well cuz football business is not about winning alone.Just check out how Beyond Limits is cashing out

lovewins:


The only reform we need is government diversity from sports. I can't think of any government agency managed by civil servants in the country that is working effectively, sports won't be any different.

The only chance we have at success is for government to get out of the way and allow private money into sports. The EPL is privately run, the NBA is privately run, the NCAA which is schools sports in America is privately run. That's the way forward for sports in Nigeria.

No private individual will invest 12 Billion naira in a venture without an plans and expectations for returns. Methinks government monies are better invested in more important concerns to the Nigerian populace like health and education and if sports to infrastructural developments. Private money in football are moving into football academies and not the NPFL because many are discovering the academy to Europe pipeline and taking advantage of it.

According to my research NCAA is a non- profit organization... it is a charity organization..

it's like a church of Athletes for Athletes..

Of course, this has been my stance too, however, looking back at Joebie's point, I think he is right about policy intervention. Private sector needs government policy interventions to succeed. If the govt policy doesn't allow NCAA, it won't function. Government has to implement those policies to create enabling environment for the private sector to come in!
We call it policy-practice in research!

lovewins:


The only reform we need is government diversity from sports. I can't think of any government agency managed by civil servants in the country that is working effectively, sports won't be any different.

The only chance we have at success is for government to get out of the way and allow private money into sports. The EPL is privately run, the NBA is privately run, the NCAA which is schools sports in America is privately run. That's the way forward for sports in Nigeria.

No private individual will invest 12 Billion naira in a venture without an plans and expectations for returns. Methinks government monies are better invested in more important concerns to the Nigerian populace like health and education and if sports to infrastructural developments. Private money in football are moving into football academies and not the NPFL because many are discovering the academy to Europe pipeline and taking advantage of it.

ChrisKels:



Dude like someone rightly said, you don't know anything. Wetin concern Ojukwu with the coup? Was the coup due to the rot in the old Eastern region on the rot in Nigeria? The previous coups and even the subsequent ones, were they regionally as you would want Adewale and Ifeajuna's?


You named coup plotters and left out Adewale Ademoyega, instead you put in Ojukwu's name? In which history class did they teach you that Ojukwu and Aguiyi Ironsi were part of the coup plotters?

boom... your mind is getting there...

the rot of other regions is not the business of people that are not indigenes of those regions...

Adewale Ademoyega and Banjo were also covetous people..

that I say most i:gbos are covetous does not mean that there are not covetous people in other ethnic nations or tribes like you call them

Marjoribanks:
Of course, this has been my stance too, however, looking back at Joebie's point, I think he is right about policy intervention. Private sector needs government policy interventions to succeed. If the govt policy doesn't allow NCAA, it won't function. Government has to implement those policies to create enabling environment for the private sector to come in!
We call it policy-practice in research!

I don't disagree and I think I highlighted this (though not exhaustively) in an earlier post. For instance, the NFF like every other sporting federation are creations of legislation. I think it was decree 39 during the military era. So to change this it has to be legislated and passed into law and like you referenced certain policies have to be passed to ensure an enabling environment for private funds to flow in.

Of course!

lovewins:


I don't disagree and I think I highlighted this (though not exhaustively) in an earlier post. For instance, the NFF like every other sporting federation are creations of legislation. I think it was decree 39 during the military era. So to change this it has to be legislated and passed into law and like you referenced certain policies have to be passed to ensure an enabling environment for private funds to flow in.

lovewins:


The only reform we need is government diversity from sports. I can't think of any government agency managed by civil servants in the country that is working effectively, sports won't be any different.

The only chance we have at success is for government to get out of the way and allow private money into sports. The EPL is privately run, the NBA is privately run, the NCAA which is schools sports in America is privately run. That's the way forward for sports in Nigeria.

No private individual will invest 12 Billion naira in a venture without an plans and expectations for returns. Methinks government monies are better invested in more important concerns to the Nigerian populace like health and education and if sports to infrastructural developments. Private money in football are moving into football academies and not the NPFL because many are discovering the academy to Europe pipeline and taking advantage of it.

Oga pls don’t say am sounding stupid but do you want to hear fact….parents are failing the nation,imagine sending your children to schools with no sport facilities,funny no football field to play popular sport.I have a friend who withdrew his talented son from private school to public school just cus of football field and this caused rift between him and his wife but good the boy was part of Beyond Limit boys that participated in Gothia cup.

Most kids now want to make money quickly and our entertainment industry is killing a lot of talents,trying to emulate fake life of our celebrities ….na yahoo yahoo dem dey pursue,wants to spend money like Obi Cubanas…..go to universities,NUGA game is gone cuz you see 14 and 15 years old in the universities and funny they added to their ages to meet universities age requirements.

Yes we blame government for many things but as individuals are we doing the needful

Emma Olisadebe,Seyi Olofinjana and former Nigeria Olympic Silver Medalist Bisi Afolabi are my paddies and I can testify that they made it cuz they are mature enough when they are in the university.

codemaniacs:


According to my research NCAA is a non- profit organization... it is a charity organization..

it's like a church of Athletes for Athletes..

This is partially false. The NCAA is a private, non-profit, non-governmental organization run by member associations. So no it's not a charity organisation. They are more like the governing council for collegiate sports in the US.

Amoo will soon start his one-year jail term after which he will be deported and banned from Denmark for 6 years

TheLoneCitizen:
Amoo will soon start his one-year jail term after which he will be deported and banned from Denmark for 6 years

Another Etim Esin,talent wasted for 5 minutes enjoyment and wahala

If Yorubas do not want Igbos in their region, declare Odua nation, and call your people heading all the juicy positions in other region back home. You have just Lagos, your other States cannot even compete with Enugu/Imo. Allow us hear word abeg!

If Igbos want Biafra, pack your bags move to your region too, and bomb the Niger Bridge, no one will disturb you! You people self too like wahala!

If you all want regional government, go Abuja! Abeg o no disturb us here! Ese pupo!

lovewins:


This is partially false. The NCAA is a private, non-profit, non-governmental organization run by member associations. So no it's not a charity organisation. They are more like the governing council for collegiate sports in the US.

you're correct..

Kog45:
Another Etim Esin,talent wasted for 5 minutes enjoyment and wahala

Same thing with this Victor Boniface lad.
Focus on your football and keep your feet on the ground.

YOU ARE A FOREIGNER

codemaniacs:


that comment was to M7even and since he did not reply I assume he understood my point of education thriving everywhere in Nigeria which means there were qualified people all over Nigeria which you clearly don't understand and you're putting words in my mouth that I said i:gbos were not educated and merit positions but since your mind went there it means you had partial understanding of my point...

most I:gbos have a covetous mentality and that breeds and leads to envy...

In Lagos there is a place called Palm grove where there used be thousands of Palm trees before it was cleared off and roads and other concrete developments killed it off.. Edo, Akwa-ibom and Cross-River are the largest producers of Palm oil there is no i:gbo state there so stop saying what you don't know and this is part of the covetous mentality I am talking about..

Cocoa is still mainly grown in the SW no other region has ever matched the SW in cocoa if any region matches the SW in cocoa then Nigeria will be 2nd largest producer in the world not 4th largest..

in some countries.. government jobs are exclusively for the indigenes, that's the point Bello and Akintola were trying to make..

having jobs is different from controlling the companies or institutions that create those jobs...

Despite i:gbos having most of the federal jobs all over Nigeria the regional jobs and institutions were controlled by the indigenes and Western Nigeria created more regional institutions, companies and agencies than other regions and i:gbos like Azikwe were covetous towards Western Nigeria's institutions and wanted control of Western Nigeria and its regional institutions which i:gbos till date are still trying to grab control of states in the SW...

Most Yorubas are treacherous, and by that I didn't mean there are no treacherous few in other regions. You claimed that the old Eastern region were envious of the old western region, but you can't provide any evidence, instead you have resorted to playing ethnic games in order to push your lies. The Calabar and akwa ibom you just mentioned, were they not part of the old Eastern region being talked about? Was Cocoa generating more revenue than palm oil?

You said Igbos occupied the best positions, and then here you are also saying the Yorubas were controlling the companies and institutions? So, the so called Yorubas who were controlling the companies and institutions decided to overlook others and instead employ the Igbos? If the white men gave more opportunities to the Igbos as you said, how came the Yorubas had control of the companies and institutions and the Igbos the employees as you learnt in your own little world? So, in a nutshell, it was actually the Yorubas who had the lions share (so called controllers) and still sad at the mere employees. The real bitter, covetous and jealous ones are the controllers who were sad at the employees, otherwise why would a controller complain about an employee? Would you rather be a controller or a mere employee? Make it make sense.

Marjoribanks:
If Yorubas do not want Igbos in their region, declare Odua nation, and call your people heading all the juicy positions in other region back home. You have just Lagos, your other States cannot even compete with Enugu/Imo. Allow us hear word abeg!

If Igbos want Biafra, pack your bags move to your region too, and bomb the Niger Bridge, no one will disturb you! You people self too like wahala!

If you all want regional government, go Abuja! Abeg o no disturb us here! Ese pupo!

Its not by declaring a nation...

U:S:A encouraged Nigeria to attack Niger Republic but the Nigerian senate did not approve it...

which means even if Nigeria separates today... If a coup happens in one of the separated countries then countries like U:S:A and others like the E:U can encourage one or a group of the separated countries to attack the country the coup happened in...

Separation only guarantees revenues stays where it is made and Laws are no longer subject to Nigeria law and can deport and choose who stays in your country and better security for the separated country...

Separation does not stop attacks from other countries or terrorists...

I:s:rael and Pa:li:stine are separate places but it did not stop one from attacking the other..

codemaniacs:


boom... your mind is getting there...

the rot of other regions is not the business of people that are not indigenes of those regions...

Adewale Ademoyega and Banjo were also covetous people..

that I say most i:gbos are covetous does not mean that there are not covetous people in other ethnic nations or tribes like you call them

Were the coup plotters serving eastern military government or Nigerian military government? Was the coup in the interest of the old Eastern region or in the interest of the federal government?

Kog45:
Oga pls don’t say am sounding stupid but do you want to hear fact….parents are failing the nation,imagine sending your children to schools with no sport facilities,funny no football field to play popular sport.I have a friend who withdrew his talented son from private school to public school just cus of football field and this caused rift between him and his wife but good the boy was part of Beyond Limit boys that participated in Gothia cup.

Most kids now want to make money quickly and our entertainment industry is killing a lot of talents,trying to emulate fake life of our celebrities ….na yahoo yahoo dem dey pursue,wants to spend money like Obi Cubanas…..go to universities,NUGA game is gone cuz you see 14 and 15 years old in the universities and funny they added to their ages to meet universities age requirements.

Yes we blame government for many things but as individuals are we doing the needful

I don't think this fully captures what the problem is sha. We live in a continent with multi dimensional poverty where according to the CBN less than 5% of Nigerians have 500k in their account. So historically, parents in a bid to increase their children's chances at success began to advocate for more attention to academics and less attention to sports. Mind you, they didn't do this because of sentiments but because of data.

The total number of players in the EPL is less than 600. Total number of players that can make a national team 21. The limited number of spaces available means you have to be extraordinary to succeed in sports. However, focusing on education allows for an opportunity to compete for the millions of jobs available to the myriad of career choices. Don't forget this started happening when sports wasn't even as glamorous and as lucrative and with more opportunities like we have today.

I however think the narrative is beginning to change. Many parents are becoming more open to their children participating in Sports. We just need policies that will create a pedestal where both can thrive.

Nigerians in the US are taking advantage of this more and I believe it will filter down home soon. Alozie like we all know went to Yale and still played football. The Ogwumike sisters are nerds. They both went to Ivy league Stanford and still play basketball. One of Nigeria"s biggest future prospect in basketball is Kiki Iriafen who also went to Stanford and finished her engineering degree in 3 years and pivoted to USC to continue her basketball career. Nigeria's Chioma Onyekwere who represented Nigeria at the Discuss throw this Olympics is also a mechanical engineer at Ford.

I could go on and on, but we just need to create an environment where both can thrive.

ChrisKels:


Most Yorubas are treacherous, and by that I didn't mean there are no treacherous few in other regions. You claimed that the old Eastern region were envious of the old western region, but you can't provide any evidence, instead you have resorted to playing ethnic games in order to push your lies. The Calabar and akwa ibom you just mentioned, were they not part of the old Eastern region being talked about? Was Cocoa generating more revenue than palm oil?

You said Igbos occupied the best positions, and then here you are also saying the Yorubas were controlling the companies and institutions? So, the so called Yorubas who were controlling the companies and institutions decided to overlook others and instead employ the Igbos? If the white men gave more opportunities to the Igbos as you said, how came the Yorubas had control of the companies and institutions and the Igbos the employees as you learnt in your own little world? So, in a nutshell, it was actually the Yorubas who had the lions share (so called controllers) and still sad at the mere employees. The real bitter, covetous and jealous ones are the controllers who were sad at the employees, otherwise why would a controller complain about an employee? Would you rather be a controller or a mere employee? Make it make sense.

ChrisKels:


Were the coup plotters serving eastern military government or Nigerian military government? Was the coup in the interest of the old Eastern region or in the interest of the federal government?

it is pointless of me to continue this conversation with you..

I have gotten the result i wanted..

Kog45:
Oga pls don’t say am sounding stupid but do you want to hear fact….parents are failing the nation,imagine sending your children to schools with no sport facilities,funny no football field to play popular sport.I have a friend who withdrew his talented son from private school to public school just cus of football field and this caused rift between him and his wife but good the boy was part of Beyond Limit boys that participated in Gothia cup.

Most kids now want to make money quickly and our entertainment industry is killing a lot of talents,trying to emulate fake life of our celebrities ….na yahoo yahoo dem dey pursue,wants to spend money like Obi Cubanas…..go to universities,NUGA game is gone cuz you see 14 and 15 years old in the universities and funny they added to their ages to meet universities age requirements.

Yes we blame government for many things but as individuals are we doing the needful

Emma Olisadebe,Seyi Olofinjana and former Nigeria Olympic Silver Medalist Bisi Afolabi are my paddies and I can testify that they made it cuz they are mature enough when they are in the university.

Sports is not seen as a guaranteed road to wealth that's all. The Israelis have this same thinking