Fans Rue Absence Of Kwara Football Team At National Youth Games
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.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Mohammed Danjuma Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Makama Of Ilorin Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita Iliasu Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Oloyede Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication Gani Saadu Raliat Elelu-Habeeb Tinubu Legacy Forum Suleiman Idris Olawuyi Yusuf Lanre Badmas Sadiq Umar Saadu Yusuf Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund Saba Jibril Kwara Hotel CT Ayeni Gobirawa Ajibike Katibi Donatus Ejidike Timothy Akangbe Share/Tsaragi Abubakar Atiku Borgu Kwara State Football Association Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike Abdulkareem Alabi A.O. Belgore Jaiz Bank Kayode Yusuf Umar Yakubu Jaja Ajase-Ipo Pakata Ubandoma Of Ilorin Abatemi Usman Chief Imam Of Offa Muhammadu Gobir Lasiele Alabi Yahaya Kwara State University Of Education Agor Market 11th Galadima Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye Riskat Opakunle Sai Kayi Umar Saro Earlyon Technologies Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede Raliat Islamic Foundation Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies Rachael Obisesan Sobi Hill Adamu Ibrahim Sabi Odolaye Aremu Ojuekun FERMA Toyin Sanusi Mansur Alfanla Usman Alkali Baba Raimi Iyanda Harmony Holdings Otuka Akanbi-Oke Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf Ilorin South Gbajabiamila Onilupeju Of Ilupeju John Mayokun Dada Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan Bayo Lawal Sabo-Oke Ahmad Uthman Gbemisola Oguntimehin College Of Education

