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Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by jossy4joseph(m): 9:05am On Nov 24, 2016 |
Minister of Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung, has once again,
proved his critics right in seeing him as an unfit person to
head our Sports Ministry at this stage of our development.
From poor handling of the supremacy contest in the
Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) between its President,
Amaju Pinnick and his challenger, Chris Giwa, to the utter
neglect of our Olympic team in Rio 2016, Dalung has
reportedly courted another controversy by advising
President Muhammadu Buhari not to approve Nigeria’s
participation in the football World Cup competition coming
up in Russia in 2018. According reports, Dalung justified his
advice on the premise that Nigeria was “too hungry” to
participate in the games which it might not win.
This latest blunder from a man given the mantle to take
our sports to a higher level leaves many astonished
Nigerians wondering whether this man has come to build
or destroy our sports. Does he really understand why we
have a Sports Ministry? Does he know what sports,
especially football, means to Nigerians? Is he the only
Nigerian that does not know that it is only during major
international football championships (of which the World
Cup is the ultimate) that Nigerians forget their infamous
ethno-religious, political and sectional divisions and act as
one?
Granted, Nigeria is in a crippling recession. But the
situation in Buhari’s first time as a military leader in 1985
was even worse, as there was severe shortage of essential
commodities in our markets, stores and supermarkets, yet
we successfully sponsored the first batch of Golden Eaglets
to win Nigerian’s first universal soccer trophy in China.
Besides the psychological boost football offers to the vast
generality of Nigerians, it is also a great international
image booster; a leveller in that smaller nations that are
big in sports (such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Jamaica in
athletics) rub shoulders with giants like the USA, Russia and
China. This takes them out of obscurity to international
reckoning.
Beyond these is the fact that sport (football in particular)
has become great business, not only for the talented youth
who earn stupendously along with their worldwide fame,
but also for the nations that have developed their sports
infrastructure. That is Nigeria’s aspiration, which is why we
have a Sports Ministry.
We are convinced that President Buhari, who is a lover of
football, will not succumb to this misguided and unpatriotic
advice from a Minister who, clearly, has no business
holding the Sports portfolio. With Nigeria already
established in a pole position to qualify from our Africa
group, any attempt to pull us out of the Russia World Cup
could trigger a major citizen revolt.
We reject Dalung’s opinion and urge the Federal
Government to give the Super Eagles its unalloyed support
to qualify and participate in the World Cup competition in Russia. Source: Vanguard |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by Nobody: 9:11am On Nov 24, 2016 |
lols |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by Nobody: 9:30am On Nov 24, 2016 |
He has a point. Smaller countries perform better in other sports than Nigeria. SA cricket team is one of the best, Zimbabwe and SA teams are the only Twenty20 member countries from Africa, Kenya made it to the semi finals of 2003 cricket world cup, qualifies almost every event, missed the 2015 though, then there is Namibia. Nigeria has well built and strong men yet Southern African countries plus Kenya are better then Nigeria. Just to name a few sports |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by SamuelAnyawu(m): 9:32am On Nov 24, 2016 |
Wetin pesin no go see for this Government
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Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by Nobody: 9:41am On Nov 24, 2016 |
We are doomed under this man.... Do this man know sport and Business is what makes this country one...Take it out for 5 years and see this country youth take dem selves out... Patriotic indeed |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by chernest2002: 9:51am On Nov 24, 2016 |
Who employed Dalung? He is just like his employer. 1 Like |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by buharimustlive: 9:58am On Nov 24, 2016 |
Abo....ki people sef. ![]() |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by Rucheen(m): 10:19am On Nov 24, 2016 |
This is why Cabinet reshuffle is urgent |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by phyllosilicate(m): 10:21am On Nov 24, 2016 |
I agree with him though. |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by Nukualofa: 10:23am On Nov 24, 2016 |
LightYagami:Just shut up please. We are waiting for Daulung to go away while anotherr Dalung is still here to cause us heart ache 1 Like |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by fitzmayowa: 10:24am On Nov 24, 2016 |
How did this dalung guy got a job as sports minister ![]() With dullards like this nigeria will never move forward...SMH |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by Balkan(m): 10:24am On Nov 24, 2016 |
Op please always paragraph your writings. I did not border reading your post |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by fitzmayowa: 10:26am On Nov 24, 2016 |
Rucheen: This is what nigerians got after waiting for PMB for 6 months...SMH |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by ArabMopol(m): 10:30am On Nov 24, 2016 |
LightYagami:dullard we are discussion football not cricket 1 Like |
Re: Dalung Advices Buhari Not To Approve Nigeria Participation At World Cup 2018 by JAHseal: 10:53am On Nov 24, 2016 |
With stories being credited to dis man, I doubt if he's from Plateau State! D state is known 4 producing some of d best heads; but dis one, NO! I have my doubts. Where #pmb go discover dis one ?! |
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