Patrick Osueke
Former Nigeria midfielder, Waheed Akanni, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to focus on grassroots football in the country.
Akanni, who was at the 2016 COPA Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament, told our correspondent that poor administration was responsible for the problems facing football in the country.
“A lot of things have been said about the sports minister, which is not right; Solomon Dalung is not the minister of football but the minster of sport. That is why we get negative answers when we push certain issues to him forgetting that he is not a football minster but the sports minister,” he said.
“I think we should go back to our drawing board because most of the problems we are facing now are as a result of our neglect of the grassroots. We have failed to pay attention to our grassroots football.
“The NFF should create a viable grassroots department, I understand the technical development wants good results at the highest level but grassroots football is very important because the coaches will discover players.”
--Roluyo Hammed contributed reporting.
Former Nigeria midfielder, Waheed Akanni, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation to focus on grassroots football in the country.
Akanni, who was at the 2016 COPA Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament, told our correspondent that poor administration was responsible for the problems facing football in the country.
“A lot of things have been said about the sports minister, which is not right; Solomon Dalung is not the minister of football but the minster of sport. That is why we get negative answers when we push certain issues to him forgetting that he is not a football minster but the sports minister,” he said.
“I think we should go back to our drawing board because most of the problems we are facing now are as a result of our neglect of the grassroots. We have failed to pay attention to our grassroots football.
“The NFF should create a viable grassroots department, I understand the technical development wants good results at the highest level but grassroots football is very important because the coaches will discover players.”
--Roluyo Hammed contributed reporting.
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