Fans Rue Absence Of Kwara Football Team At National Youth Games

Date: 2023-09-22

Football fans and enthusiasts in Kwara State have continued to rue the absence of the state football team at the ongoing 7th National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State.

Executive chairman of Kwara Sports Commission (KSC), Bola Mogaji, had removed all ball games except handball from the list of events to be participated in by the state's contingent which departed on Wednesday.

He said the decision was dictated by Kwara's area of strength and paucity of funds.

According to him, Kwara will be fielding 215 contingents consisting of 132 athletes and 83 officials in 18 events.

Reacting to the decision of the Chairman, Adex Adeyemi said “How do you conclude that soccer is not Kwara's area of strength when the players weren't even sponsored to Jos for the qualifying playoffs.

“Kwara's Under 15 team tipped to represent the state posted five star performances before the regional playoff”, the sports enthusiasts added.

On his part, a former technical adviser of the Kwara Football Academy (KFA), Coach Paul Odey, said the situation is unfortunate.

“I confronted the sports commission chairman about this and he said he believes in coaches having players on ground as a team and training them not waiting for when the festival is around the corner, you start bringing players.

“But I told him that these players are in their various grassroots clubs playing so many competitions. You have to go out, pick them and bring them together since they already have the skills and technique. Kwara should not allow such to happen again”, he said.

The Kwara football team is the defending champion in soccer at the NYG after winning gold at the last edition.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Moshood Bakare     COEASU     Sarkin Malamai     Idiagbon     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Aso Ofi     Kwara     ER-KANG     New Model Police Station     Lotus Bank     CKNG     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Saka Saadu     Asa LGEA School     Yinka Aluko     Temi Kolawole     Femi Oladiji     Idowu Aremu     Danhawa     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Sarah Jubril     Just Event Online     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Shonga     Abikan     Oluronke Adeyemi     Taofeeq Olateju     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Sunday Fagbemi     Tope Daramola     Amusa Bello     Kunle Okeowo     Toyin Saraki     Sheikh Alimi     Olatinwo     Cornelius Adebayo     Bank Of Industry     James Kolo     Durosinlohun Kawu     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Oba-Solagberu     Segun Olawoyin     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Mohammed Halidu     Minister     ASUU     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Kayode Laro     Muhammadu Buhari     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Ijagbo     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Kaiama     Jimba Babatunde     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Aliyu U. Tilde     Ajibike Katibi     Aremu Bose Deborah     Twitter     Olaiya Zuberu     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Aliyu Muhammed     Razaq Atunwa     Ohoro Of Shao     Raymond Olaitan     Laboratory-to-Product     Ramadan     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Yakubu Shaaba     Isau     Kawu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saad Omo\'ya     Kwarareports.com     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Laboratory-to-Product     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     John Olajide Adedipe     Onilorin     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     LAK Jimoh     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Egbewole     Hussein Olokooba     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Daud Adeshola     Saraki     Lafiagi     IF-K     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Kulende-UITH     YAKOOYO     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Kolawole Bashirat     Aminat Omodara     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Ariyo     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Sidikat Akaje     Maigida Soludero Transit     Oyun     Ayinke Saka     Ijagbo Health Centre     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Trader Moni     Mansur Alfanla     Ahmed \'Lateef     Garba Idris Ajia     Matthew Okedare     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Mohammed Ibrahim     Kwarareports     Abegunde Goke     Afonja     Doyin Agbamu     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Ike Ekweremadu     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Ijakadi     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Apaokagi     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Saliu Alamoyo     Ibrahim Bio     Ilorin Muslim Community     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Shettima     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Maigida     Olaiya Zuberu     Mufutau Olatinwo     Col. Taiwo     Rashidi Yekini     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Mike Omotosho     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     School Of Nursing     Tunde Oyawoye     Alabi Lawal     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Oyin-Zubair     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service