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.
Basit Olatunji Special Adviser On Digital Innovation Alao Ayotunde Yahaya Oloriegbe Amule Elementary School Adesoye College Roheemat Hammed Adedipe Abdulbaqi Jimoh Ajuloopin Zubair Folorunsho Erubu Ibrahim Issa Jetti 2017 Budget All Peoples Party Kamoru Kadiri Ayo Opadokun Oko-Erin Oniye Idofin Hassan Taiye Salam Ahmad Belgore Assayomo Mustapha Akanbi Titus Suberu-Ajibola Umar Sanda Yusuf IF-K Chief Imam Of Ilorin Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum Mansur Alfanla Oladimeji Thompson Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro Alloy Chukwuemeka Vishvas KOZ Tractors Azeez Salawu Prince Sunday Fagbemi Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Smart School AbdulGafar Tosho Minister Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq Saadu Alanamu David Oyedepo Alaaya Lawan Yakubu Dogara Moses Rahman Popoola Kamaldeen Kehinde Maigida Wakilin Mata Lafiagi Erin-ile Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency Umar Ahmed Gunu Olaoye B. Felix Taofik Mustapha Iyabo Dupe Adekeye Funmilayo Zubair Kwara State Government Adewuyi Funmilayo Wahab Issa Yashikira Lanre Issa Onilu Madawaki Of Ilorin Abdulraufu Mustapha Idris Garba Mashood Dauda Jumoke Monsura Gafar Ibrahim Orire Mohammed Yisa Samuel Adedoyin Adesina Simon Sodiya Quareeb Islamic Association Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf Edu Oke-Ero Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf Nigeria Customs Service Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission

