₦airaland Forum

iLoveYouToo:
Soon the talent and brain drain will start affecting other sectors not just sports.



Top performers always show up regardless of externalities

EKONGKING:
Nigeria and it's people have a lot of things to think ,then care about olympics like obituary.

Angelfrost:
Soon?!!

Please, name one sector that hasn't been diminished by Brain Drain!... I will wait.

Do you know how many top and excellent health care professionals have since left Nigeria?!!

Just look at the political and leadership class... No technocrats, no brains, no patriots, infact... No Leaders among the political class!

iLoveYouToo:
Truly saddening. Our public schools are dying, soon the aviation sector would be grounded, this I have seen

Angelfrost:
Sad!

The best brains from Education down to Engineering and Medicine are either out of the country or about to flee!

The real catastrophe or fallout of this massive brain drain hasn't even started yet.

DamnnNiggarr:
Peter Obi

ewedunamala:
Am not surprised. Immediately I see this pictures of them. Without ibos honestly this nation is doomed in all. From sports , to all.

In sports, the area designated as Biafra are the place most super eagles , etc came from. What a shame

emkz:
I cannot exchange words with your kind who cannot get over defeat.

Freshtruth:
Obi dies bot come back every 4years like Atiku abubakar he make his self relevance and trending he is playing morden politics . Tinubu does not fear Atiku but obi. 2027 is gonna be a 2 Hourse race Between Tinubu and Obi. Anything make Atiku step down and PDP hand the ticket to another person. Tinubu is a Gonna not even Inec can stop obi from winning

DamnnNiggarr:
Peter Obi

DamnnNiggarr:
Peter Obi

Caskdoe:
He always has concerns. Never solutions

DamnnNiggarr:

I knew the whole exercise was going to be a joke when I chanced upon these two pictures below

agulion:
Some of us Yoruba Muslims have start liking this Peter Obi of a guy! He seems a very nice man

Buccalcavity2:
I don't want to believe that Peter wrote that....but alas he did. He's as empty as they come indeed. Do these guys really understand opposition?
It's about conscientiously critiquing and providing alternatives.
It's not about opening your gutter so they know you're still around. Must you talk?
Is Peter aware that they qualify for Olympics and it's not by invite, where a country nominates mediocre to represent them?
That Nigeria has 88 reps means Nigerian athletes had competed to qualify, and they qualified!
Please Peter, explain "large contingents, favoritism, recklessness and rascality". Ignoramus. And your minions, who don't think too, jumped on the nonsense you wrote.
No doubt Nigeria performance was disappointing. But it's not that athletes were mediocre!
I'll recommend that Nigeria
1. spur representation in sports with many medal potential.
2. Supports athletes off major events so they compete well before major events.... And of course if cost of the Olympic campaign can be further reduced, please do!

kayyyy44:
Isn't there a president in this country?

Lungs:
So U aren't ashamed Nigeria came back with no medal 🏅 even a bronze while kenya, south Africa even Botswana had medals . I can see U clearly voted this failure of a president . Your are a big disgrace to your family and to the entire world at large

doncartel:
I feel the athletes should have been arrested on arrival at murtala muhammed airport.

With 24 strokes daily for 6 months, they would be more serious at future competitions.

Nonybb:
How can they win when the government hasn't made any consented effort for them to deliver. Japanese has a population of less than 130 million people and they won 25 medals or even more. With 200 million people which Nigeria boost all the time, they couldn't win any medal. Nigerians population is quantity, not quality. Kenya 🇰🇪 even won some medals

Buccalcavity2:
I don't want to believe that Peter wrote that....but alas he did. He's as empty as they come indeed. Do these guys really understand opposition?
It's about conscientiously critiquing and providing alternatives.
It's not about opening your gutter so they know you're still around. Must you talk?
Is Peter aware that they qualify for Olympics and it's not by invite, where a country nominates mediocre to represent them?
That Nigeria has 88 reps means Nigerian athletes had competed to qualify, and they qualified!
Please Peter, explain "large contingents, favoritism, recklessness and rascality". Ignoramus. And your minions, who don't think too, jumped on the nonsense you wrote.
No doubt Nigeria performance was disappointing. But it's not that athletes were mediocre!
I'll recommend that Nigeria
1. spur representation in sports with many medal potential.
2. Supports athletes off major events so they compete well before major events.... And of course if cost of the Olympic campaign can be further reduced, please do!

emkz:
Well, has Peter Obi expressed his own disappointment in losing the 2023 presidential elections?

How many times did he support the athletes?

In his lamentations, he failed to proffer solutions. He only claimed the money spent on athletes was more than what was spent in the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Because I am all for solutions and no lamentations, I like to propose as follows:

(1) We can't prepare for an event three months before when we had a clear 4-year window. We need to start preparing for the next Olympics NOW!

(2) We have certain events where we have comparative advantages. For example, swimming amd canoeing. The Niger Delta folks with preparation can easily shine here. Some people expressed surprise that break dancing was part of the Olympics. I am reasonably well traveled and I can say Nigeria has some of the best dancers in the world. We can also stand out in archery and diving given adequate preparation.

(3) We also must revive Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA), Nigerian Polytechnic Games Association (NIPOGA), Principal's Cup, National Sports Festival and get corporate organizations to participate.

(4) All tertiary institutions must make two sporting activities compulsory for students, even if it is chess. It helps the mind.

(5) Let universities provide full scholarships for talented student-athletes. They can look for a sport-loving corporate organization to endow such a fund.

(6) As a matter of urgency, let people who are truly passionate about sports take charge of sporting federations.

(7) Let us look at countries doing well and copy what they did. By identifying talents and grooming them, we can make it.

Let me start by stating that I am not disappointed in Team Nigeria. Despite the fact that the female basketball team, D'Tigress, were blocked in the last Olympics by one sports minister, they made a good showing in this year's Olympics, defeating Australia and Canada. Rene Wakama made a brilliant showing and won the best coach at the Olympics. Favour Ofili, we are sorry it did not go as planned. Train harder and you'd only get better. We'd support you the best way we can. Blessing Oborodudu, you came close the last time. We hope you'd get even better. Ese Brume, you won for us before; we have faith in you. The male relay team, you surely learnt your lessons and would avoid the mistakes next time. For the weightlifters, please work harder. For those I might have forgotten, those of us who have had to represent others understand the pressure you faced carrying the burden and hopes of a country.

I believe I speak the minds of sensible Nairalanders and Nigeria when I say:

WE ARE GRATEFUL!

agulion:
Some of us Yoruba Muslims have start liking this Peter Obi of a guy! He seems a very nice man

kettykin:
Even small countries like Kenya, South Africa , Uganda, Zambia, Egypt, Jamaica all went home with medals what excuses will apc government now give, did the previous administration also kill sports or did the fuel price increment also impact on sports deliverables.

Very soon Nigerians will realize that apc really has nothing to offer Nigeria in any sector they are performing woefully. Economy is contracting at the speed of light , security sector is already gone , sports sector has shown it is degrading.

Infrastructure is not doing fantastic.

The only thing that seems to be working in Nigeria is the attempt by urchins like Reno , onanugs etc to scapegoat igbos into the descent of the apc government into obscurity

emkz:
Well, has Peter Obi expressed his own disappointment in losing the 2023 presidential elections?

How many times did he support the athletes?

In his lamentations, he failed to proffer solutions. He only claimed the money spent on athletes was more than what was spent in the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Because I am all for solutions and no lamentations, I like to propose as follows:

(1) We can't prepare for an event three months before when we had a clear 4-year window. We need to start preparing for the next Olympics NOW!

(2) We have certain events where we have comparative advantages. For example, swimming amd canoeing. The Niger Delta folks with preparation can easily shine here. Some people expressed surprise that break dancing was part of the Olympics. I am reasonably well traveled and I can say Nigeria has some of the best dancers in the world. We can also stand out in archery and diving given adequate preparation.

(3) We also must revive Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA), Nigerian Polytechnic Games Association (NIPOGA), Principal's Cup, National Sports Festival and get corporate organizations to participate.

(4) All tertiary institutions must make two sporting activities compulsory for students, even if it is chess. It helps the mind.

(5) Let universities provide full scholarships for talented student-athletes. They can look for a sport-loving corporate organization to endow such a fund.

(6) As a matter of urgency, let people who are truly passionate about sports take charge of sporting federations.

(7) Let us look at countries doing well and copy what they did. By identifying talents and grooming them, we can make it.

Let me start by stating that I am not disappointed in Team Nigeria. Despite the fact that the female basketball team, D'Tigress, were blocked in the last Olympics by one sports minister, they made a good showing in this year's Olympics, defeating Australia and Canada. Rene Wakama made a brilliant showing and won the best coach at the Olympics. Favour Ofili, we are sorry it did not go as planned. Train harder and you'd only get better. We'd support you the best way we can. Blessing Oborodudu, you came close the last time. We hope you'd get even better. Ese Brume, you won for us before; we have faith in you. The male relay team, you surely learnt your lessons and would avoid the mistakes next time. For the weightlifters, please work harder. For those I might have forgotten, those of us who have had to represent others understand the pressure you faced carrying the burden and hopes of a country.

I believe I speak the minds of sensible Nairalanders and Nigeria when I say:

WE ARE GRATEFUL!