🚨THOUGHTS: DID WE GET IT RIGHT AT ANY POINT OR WE JUST WON A TROPHY
Administratively, we are at the same level as São Tomé, but our talent pool convinces us that we are Germany.
Nigeria has always produced and exported exceptional footballers.
Strikers, Wingers, Midfielders, Defenders just name it…
But you see we have not noticed something?
We have never exported football professionals with the same consistency that we export footballers.
And that's another result of our failed system.
The truth is, the NFF doesn't have to create football talent. Nigeria's talent pool is so rich that it keeps producing players despite the system, not because of it.
But there are certain aspects of football that depend almost entirely on the strength of the football ecosystem.
Developing referees.
Developing sporting directors.
Developing scouts.
Developing data analysts.
Developing coaches.
Developing football administrators.
It will shock you to know that a Nigerian centre referee has not officiated an AFCON match since 2006.
Even more shocking, no Nigerian has ever officiated a FIFA World Cup match as the centre referee.
Bro!!!!!! 😭😭😭
That should concern every football lover.
At this point, I'm beginning to think the system didn't break.
Maybe it never truly worked.
Maybe it was just manageable enough for our talent to hide its weaknesses.
Today, those weaknesses are becoming impossible to ignore.
This reform we are demanding is for the future of Nigeria football.
Because not everybody is destined to become a footballer.
But when the football sector doesn't work, those dreams die before they ever get the chance to grow.
That is the real cost of poor administration.
Our footballers continue to carry Nigeria's name across the world.
But a truly developed football nation exports more than footballers.
It exports football professionals too
Until we build a football system that produces both, our talent will continue to convince us that we are football giants, while our institutions tell a very different story.
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@omaakatugba When has he been to you before? Nothing he does good in your sight and yet your day will not be completed without you talking about him😁😁. May be when he quit,the guy go rest for your hand😜😜
Oya , tell us Portugal most important player ooo