Nigeria places too much emphasis on football - Adedoja
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.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Flights To Ilorin Oba Abdulrahim Rotimi Oyedepo Bature Bello Adamu Atta Shaaba Lafiagi Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Azeez Salawu Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem Eghe Igbinehin Gbugbu International Market Facemasks Olabimpe Olani Abdulrahman Onikijipa Edu Jide Oyinloye AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa Gambari Rebecca Bake Raliat Islamic Foundation Kola Olota Abiodun Musa Aibinu JAMB Ajidagba Babaloja-General Oni Adebayo Ahmed Idris Mohammed Umar Adelodun Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye Abdulfatai Salman Baakini Kawu Baraje Sobi Segun Abifarin A.G.F Abdulrasaq Usman Alkali Baba Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Olatunde Jare ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited IPSAS Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu Adamu Ibrahim Sabi State Bureau Of Internal Revenue Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet Musa Abdullahi Mamatu Abdullahi Salihu Ajia Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh Bello John Olanrewaju Saadu Yusuf Yahaya Seriki Olaoye B. Felix Maimunat Oniyangi Oba Abu Yusuf Amuda Gobir Sun Qing Rong Mohammed Kamaludeen Gbenga Olawepo Alikinla TESCOM 2025 Wasiu Onidugbe Maryam A. Garuba Olayinka Are Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria Mohammed Katsina Ahmed Imam Gambari Ilorin East Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo Alabe Osuwa Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi Iyeru Grammar School Samuel Olusegun Adedayo Kwara State Football Association Dan Masanin Okeose Christian Cementary Kayode Ogunlowo

