Nigeria places too much emphasis on football - Adedoja

Date: 2012-04-02

FORMER Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC), Professor Taoheed Adedoja has revealed that over emphasis on the game of football contributed to the dwindling trend of sports development in the country.

Professor Adedoja made this pronouncement while speaking with sports writers at the ongoing 13th edition of West African University Games (WAUG) at University of Ilorin sports complex, Kwara State.

The ex-minister stated that too much emphasis were being placed on the round leather game to the detriment of other sports in which he believed that Nigeria has abundant talents that could be harness for greater limelight.

He thereby charged the NSC and other stakeholders to embark on developmental programmes that can make other sports more competitive and sought after rather than football that has taken the shines away from others.

Also, he urged the administrators to fashion out ways of improving their various sports and make it of international repute while sighting the case of FIFA who has succeeded over the years to market the game and created a niche for the game widely regarded as king of all sports across the globe.

"Though in Nigeria, we have talents across the federation, but the problem is that every corner in the country, football is being played all round while other sports failed to enjoy the kind of available facilities like football, administrators should find a lasting solution to improve their games as being done in the international sports".

"Football has gained international recognition and that is why it is rated higher than combination of many other sports, every nation belong to FIFA because that is the only avenue to gather momentum in the world of sports. 

Some nations do not take part in other sports apart from football, because they want to belong to global society in which football commands respect."

"Football makes some countries to get favour internationally because of the significance of the game unlike others, but my own view is that adequate attention should be given to other sports and not only football, as this will facilitate speedy development of other games in the near future". He opined.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yakub Ali-Agan     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Assayomo     Kayode Issa     Balogun Fulani     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Kwara Volleyball Association     Danladi     Folorunsho Alao     AIT Ilorin     JUSUN     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Kwara 2019     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Dairo Kunle Paul     International Vocational Centre     Quareeb Islamic Association     Hassan Taiye Salam     Saba Mamman Daniel     Gbugbu     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Sodiya     3MTT     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Benin Republic     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Yinka Aluko     Memunat Monsuma     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Elesie Of Esie     Woro     Kulende     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Vasolar     College Of Education     Voices Of Tomorrow     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     NYSC     Binta Sulyman     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Tunde Yusuf     Awili Pedro     Just Event Online     CACOVID Palliatives     Olatunde Jare     MalHub     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Sango-UITH Road     Oni Adebayo     Lawal Olohungbebe     Abiodun Oyedepo     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Onilu     Emmanuel Bello     Dumagi     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Kayode Ibrahim     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Omu Aran     Tosin Saraki     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Ojo Fadumila     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     ER-KANG     Saliu Oluwole     The Herald     Maigida Soludero Transit     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Kwarareports    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Hamza Usman     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Emir Of Kano     Oye Tinuoye     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Raji AbdulRasaq     Olosi Of Osi     Muritala Awodun     Alaiye     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Joseph Daudu     Akorede     Umar Gunu     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Plat Technologies Limited     Okeose Christian Cementary     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Halidu Danbaba     Ebola     Erubu Oba Zubair     Saba Jibril     CLAY POT     Oko     Kwara South     SAPZ Project     Ilorin Airport     Yahaya Muhammad     Aliyu Salihu     Sobi Hill     Democracy Day     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Kwasu     Oro Grammar School     Kunle Suleiman     Halimat Yusuf     Wahab Issa     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Owo Isowo     Turaki     Idris Garuba     Henry Olaosebikan     Mohammed Halidu     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Senate     ITEM 7     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Rueben Parejo     Igbomina     Demola Banu     Ali Ahmad     Jimoh Bashir     Elekoyangan     Awoye     Galadima     CT Ayeni     Alapado     Garment Factory     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Dogara     Sherif Sagaya     Olabode George Towoju     Durbar Festival     Ilorin South     Siraj Oyewale     Eleja Taiwo Banu     IQRA College     Millennium Development Goals     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Gambari     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Otoge