...Why Nigerian league may not improve?
It is no longer news that the
president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick abandoned the
female and male Dream Team qualifying matches for FA Community Shield involving
his darling team, Arsenal and Chelsea.
However, Nigerians who spoke with
our correspondent are worried that the Amaju, who is supposed to be championing
the Nigerian leagues let alone the national teams was reported to be in London
cheering his team, Arsenal.
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| Amaju Pinnick |
Incidentally, Amaju has never
deemed it fit to watch any other teams in the Nigerian league except the
matches involving his team, Warri Wolves.
A reliable source in the NFF
secretariat disclosed that Amaju has bought almost all the tickets involving Arsenal
matches especially the one with the top five teams.
According to our source, “Amaju is
not thinking of how to package the Nigerian league like its English counterpart.
He visits London every now and then to watch Arsenal matches. If you go to his
house, it is branded in Arsenal logo and souvenirs. It is a shame for such
person to be NFF president, I think it is youthful exuberance that is worrying
him. Even if he was a fan of Arsenal, he shouldnt be doing that in the public
or do it at the expense of the country’s teams or leagues.”
Daniel Odah, one of the analysts
who spoke to our correspondent said Amaju needs to be examined because it is
not normal. “I don’t think the EPL chairman or any other Football Federation
president will do such a thing. Our problem is that we dont value ourselves
that is why we have lost our respect.
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| Arsenal FC players |
“Tell me, how will our league grow
when we have the President, Amaju as fan of Arsenal, the secretary-general as
another fan of Arsenal and the League Management Company chairman, as a fan of
Manchester United, and tomorrow they want fans to come and watch the Nigerian league?”
Obinna Nwachukwu said, “Please let
them know that the EPL was like our league, it took the efforts of some serious
people to bring it to limelight. Just imagine if the chairman and others were die-hard
fans of Barcelona or Real Madrid, would EPL be what it is today? It is a shame!”
If the comments of the analysts are
anything to go by, then there is no hope for the Nigerian leagues, because
those in the helms of affairs are fans of other leagues hence nothing should be
expected from them.
If Kano Pillars and Enyimba, our
own el-cassico are playing and we dont have our football leaders around because
they are watching Arsenal versus Manchester United, then who then do they
expect to watch the match?
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