Easy going, philantrophic and hard working Nigerian. A devoted muslim & a past District Gov of the Lions Clubs Int'l. Used to believe in the Nigerian project.
After I made a post about the crisis involving the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), an insider reached out to me with some important context that deserves wider attention.
According to the information shared with me, this issue goes beyond any single NFF administration. At its core is Nigeria’s relationship with FIFA and the fundamental principle of football autonomy.
Nigeria has been here before. In 2014, FIFA suspended the country following an interference that led to the removal of an elected NFF executive. The suspension affected all Nigerian teams, including clubs, and prevented them from participating in international competitions.
He told me that other countries have also faced similar sanctions due to interference in the administration of their football federations. FIFA’s position has remained consistent: member associations must be allowed to operate independently and without third-party interference.
Nigeria simply cannot afford to go through that experience again. Another suspension could have serious consequences for our football development programmes and we have experienced the consequences of crossing that line before. We must not repeat the mistake, please.
In the early 1970s, a Nigerian student, Mudashiru Ayeni, believed he had invented a battery-powered robot office assistant and asked to personally demonstrate it to the head of state, Yakubu Gowon. He was sent to a psychiatrist instead.
According to a 1971 feature story by TRUST magazine:
▶️Ayeni made eight visits to the hospital before the psychiatrist certified him to be of sound mind.
▶️The 20-year-old student then wrote to his school principal about the role young Africans were expected to play in the continent’s development.
▶️This time, he was banned from classes and forced to quit school entirely.
▶️Ayeni later reached out to Nigeria’s Federal Commissioner of Communications, Aminu Kano, who encouraged him and gave him a renewed sense of purpose.
▶️How his robot worked: at the press of a button, it told the caller whether the boss was busy, available, or away from the office.
▶️At the time the story was published, Ayeni said several businessmen had already expressed interest in his invention.
@OgaNlaMedia What if he posted a Bible verse or gospel music, will he treated same way. ? Abeg, doing social media to relax is for some like reading bible or Quran to others. Let individual preferences be.
@fiiwasayeyi@SheriffQuadry That's a two leg (home and away) playoff not this long winding playoff. This is what u call half bread better than chinchin 😂
@genakhena The guy is right. Nobody writes a Will and disclose it before TIME. Wills are supposed to be disclosed after the TIME. Your own family set up is an outlier.