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Papi85:
Kelechi Nwakali has mutually terminated his contract at English side, Barnsley FC.

This one should leave Europe and come play for Enyimba or Rangers in the NPFL.
Wasted talent 😔⭐

forgiveness:
Do you know the numbers of Stadiums in Ibadan alone?

How many are well maintained?

Boss, we are saying the same thing but in different ways. We are both deliberating what would be the best for Nigeria sports. With my idea of how politics and government works, I'm telling you that no matter what, most state governments can partially sell of their clubs, with the state retaining like 10-20% ownership, but they will hardly let go or sell their stadiums. Do you know why? Because firstly they built it with tax payers money, secondly most of these stadiums are used by the citizens in all sports and lastly which would be the number one hindrance, these same citizens might not support the state governments. A case study is what has been happening in Edo State, my State. There is an EDO HOUSE located in V.I Lagos, own by Edo State government. The building contributes absolutely nothing to Edo economy as at today and even when the governor's have tried to sell it off and use the money to build maybe a Benin City Mall in Edo State, it has always been protests upon protests 🪧. Again, I don't know much about Ibadan but you see Edo State? No governor would dare wake up and for whatever reasons says he wants to sell the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium.

EElopa:
When I compare the transfer fees of players who are significantly inferior to Osimhen, I concluded that the asking price Napoli was looking for and his wage demands were not the primary reason why some EPL clubs did not come for him. Aston Villa just paid Chelsea 65 million pounds for Nicolas Jackson. He is a significantly better striker than Jackson. The main issue, I believe, is his strong personality and agbero way of handling conflicts. What we are actually seeing in public is likely a glimpse of what he is like behind closed doors. I strongly believe that some of these clubs have received internal reports about his character, and they simply do not want to deal with those issues. I am not trying to paint Victor black here, rather this seems to be the only logical reason why a world class striker like him is currently wasting his talent in Turkey.

I can't agree less with everything you said here.
Same people clapping for him for fighting both his teammates and opponents will shout to high heaven if maybe a banker fights his customer or colleagues

forgiveness:
Where did you see given? I said buy. That's if they want but all clubs must be privatized.

State governments can't sell stadiums built for public use because football is not the only sporting activities that occurs in most of the stadiums. Private clubs can collaborate and built theirs or for the main time, government can lease the football field to the private club's.

forgiveness:
The NFF act actually the fundamental problem of Nigerian football.

The national assembly should legislation to enact a new law barring state government from controlling and managing football.

All states football clubs should be privatized to 80%. All stadiums should be sold if possible to the new private investors along with the clubs.

Same government built and established most of these clubs. You don't expect the Godswill Akpabio stadium built by Akpabio as governor using the whole Akwa Ibom tax payers money to be given to a private individual. And don't also forget most stadiums in Nigeria built by both state and federal government isn't only about football, other sporting activities are carried out in these stadiums and they can't sell it to just a football club. That stadium own go hard

Mujtahida:
Emenalo should stay away oo. They will stain him. Mikel obviously has interest but he's said it repeatedly that he cannot work with the current structure. That's a wise move.

The mistake we make in Nigeria is that we think people are the problem. Yes people are the problem but they are not the problem. The problem is that the entire structure, system and ecosystem of Nigerian football is infected and has to be reformed. If that is not done it will be a case of pouring water inside a basket. The water might be clean but the basket leaks.

If Emenalo is to come, let him come and do surgical work. Put in structures and create an ecosystem within a strict two year timeline like on a contract basis. Do it and hand over.

Even in far more developed and advanced countries where structures works, some people still fails in their task. So people are part of the problems even though I totally agrees with you that weak structures are the most problems Nigeria as a country is facing

Kog45:
Government should try and convince Mike Emenalo....Kunle Soname is a business man who would not have much time for NFF job,yes he is the owner of Remo star but he delegate responsibilities to his men,NFF job is tougher and he must be on ground running things.

Silvio Berlusconi was Italian prime minister and was also the owner of AC Milan. He handled the both jobs well.
Most of the CEO's of clubs in Europe are business men who never had anything to do with football and they are doing well. If we need to start taking sports as businesses, I think business men must not be exempted from heading our sport Federations

This Remo stars owner might become your next NFF president. Except things changes at the last minute

Napoleon55:
That will be very good.
Any act that enables outsiders like Emenalo and other well-meaning football experts, ex internationals and football knowledgeable individuals to be voted into power should be seriously encouraged.

But since we like to copy England, why have they not copied how England constituted their own board all these while?

They haven't copied England all these while because they know that they are not the best and if they copy the English ways, they will never get to the position that most of them at the NFF got to. Imagine Galadima, Maigari, Sani Lulu, Pinnick and now Gusau were once NFF president. If it was a private company, none of them deserves to be appointed as the company CEO.

opes:
He will be reporting to Dikko..unlikely he will accept.

You don't know Tinubu, I keep saying he is not Buhari that never knew what was happening around him.
If Tinubu likes you, you will be reporting directly to him even if you have a senior in the ministry where you work. Fashola will be reporting to Tinubu directly and not even to gbajabiamila.

Odunayaw:
To me he only followed the established paths of mediocrity and is unlucky political will somehow awoke in his time.

Even when the foundations are bad, some are still trying to do well but Gusua never did... He never envisaged such a day would come when a higher power would requests accountability from him. Gusau was totally clueless and he will be regarded as the worse administrator to ever head any public or private institutions in Nigeria

Napoleon55:
Tinubu tried for this one,
He should also ask the normalisation committee to look into NFF statutes, otherwise the right person won't still be voted in.

They will and if there's need to alter the NFF act by the national assembly, Akpabio and Abass are there to alter and pass the bill within 2 weeks.

opes:
What if Dikko is moved to the NFF and Shaibu to NSC? That will be a downgrade for Dikko though..

For now I don't know if that's the plan. All my post concerning this NFF and the board been sacked has come to pass because I'm getting my information directly from someone that works with the president...an SSA.
If there is any news concerning who would head the harmonisation committee, I will still post it here. But, Fashola name was mentioned at a time to help salvage and bring good governance to the NFF, I don't know if he agreed to it because it would be a downgrade for him.

doncartel:
I always wondered why Nigerian politicians dislike the suit and tie so beloved by other world leaders. It is mostly Arabian politicians that avoid suits. Obi should also encourage the suit culture when he takes over the government.

Is suit an African attire? We have our own attires and what also stops the White's from wearing our own attires? Nothing fits a man better than a well tailored and ironed Senator (native) attire
Inferiority complex just they worry you.

CashVessel:
You missed the lesson to be learnt here. It shows you how simple and lean his lifestyle is, it tells you there will be no room for wastes (make up kits, expensive backroom staff with insignificant output) He shows you that the things he prioritises are those he spends time doing of which taking campaign photos is not a part of. It tells alot and teaches alot.

Does buying SUVs for traditional rulers when doctors were on strike because of salary also qualifies as simple and lean lifestyle or it's a normal thing?

Predictor3:
If Tinubu doesn't rig or buy votes massively he'll lose to Atiku before noon on election day

Bookmark this, Atiku won't score 25% in any southern states, including Rivers

anonimi:
Na religious war o from Yes Daddy.

😂😂😂😂😂
The only battle I'm seeing is between Obi and Sowore and Hashim

LagosOrigin:
Peter Obi is battle ready for this campaign and will surely win because of the massive genuine followership he enjoys and which keep increasing in hundreds of thousands .

Obi, Nigerians dey for you.

Who him wan battle?

opes:
Hmm... Gusau and Sanusi may not just resign like that, there may be deals and concessions involved. Politics will surely be played. This is an election period.
I pray that the NSC and the government get it right.

Gusau and Sanusi are too small to condition the president. The only concessions I heard was that their probes by the DSS won't continue. They cannot determine who replaces them.
Again, even though it's an election period, none of them can guarantee Tinubu 100 votes each in their respective states. Even Makinde that could guarantee Tinubu 100k+ votes, Tinubu nor send am

Danielnino00:
It will really pain me if the NSC appoints another politician to head the federation... :-

Being a politician doesn't make the person less a human or means the person lacks knowledge in different fields, including sport.
Tunji Ojo is a politician but what he has done in the ministry of interior, alot of private "technocrats" can't achieve half in their fields.
Shaibu as a politician and deputy governor of Edo State headed Bendel insurance and Edo Queens management and he did wonders. Bringing Insurance from relegation, almost wining the NPFL and qualifying insurance and Edo Queens to Caf competitions and also helping Edo State do well at the National Sport festival. Not just winning, he totally revamped Bendel insurance and in the street of Benin today, you will always still see insurance jerseys everywhere. With his knowledge in finance as an accountant and governance as a deputy governor and sport lover, he will do far better than some ex internationals and private individuals.
I will personally find nothing wrong if a politician like Philip Shaibu becomes NFF president. He is already revamping the maribound NIS

Yaya Toure just qualified Slovan Bratislava to the champions league group stage, while our own ex internationals are in Nigeria looking for jobs from the NFF

Kog45:
Thanks bro for this info,haba we can't continue like this,having two APOTY in a team and failed to qualify for World Cup and again Falcons didn't made it

Gusua and Sanusi don switch off their phones since. Them don call them tire, their numbers nor they go. Make them also go sign their resignation letter at the presidential Villa 🤣🤣
They will learn new things.
My only hope is that they will be replaced with capable hands because football loving Nigerians don too suffer

EElopa:
You can call Peter Obi all the name in the world but he is not a criminal. Peter Obi is a complete nightmare for Tinubu. That man comfortably won the 2023 general election and they all know it. Tinubi sees Peter obi when he is fucking his wife, shitting, sleeping you name it. Trust me if Peter Obi is a criminal like you alleged he will be in jail today. The APC has exhausted all their energy trying to find a case against the man. I personally think that Peter obi is too much of a gentleman to govern an animal kingdom like Nigeria. Nigeria need a ruthless leader that will come in kill alot of the current elites we have in Nigeria and implement policies that will develop the country. By the way I was in Burkina Faso last year. In ten years time Nigerian will be begging for a visa to go to Burkina Faso. That country is transforming at alarming rate. Democracy is a lie the west sold to us Africans. A country need to get to a certain level of development before Democracy starts working.

I have to reply to this democracy of a thing you stated here. Personally I don't believe in democracy, I believe democracy makes the citizens to be weak and misbehave. My nickname when I was from childhood till some level of my growing up was Ojukwu because I was brutal both in words and in actions 🤣🤣🤣. Infact almost everybody they fear me then 😂. But we have found ourselves in this democracy, so what do we do? Because to me, if northern soldiers succeed in overthrowing a southern democratic president, the scar will never heal and it will become a tribal thing, vis a vis southern soldiers overthrowing a northern democratic president. Last last Na for the country to share make everybody go choose which form of government best suits them. That's why I'm never against the east glamouring for Biafra, what I'm against is the East wanting go add other states outside the 5 SE states with them because of oil in those other states. Even here in Edo State, my State, we the Esans wants a separate state from the Binis

EElopa:
Nonsense talk. I work in big finance went through that case and there is nothing there budy. If Peter Obi was corrupt there will be EFC cases against against him. if you want to attack Peter Obi you could probably stage your attack on the fact that he did not actually turn Onitcha or Awka in to Abuja but attacking him on being corrupt oga you no get case. Tell me a governor in Nigeria that left 300 million dollars in liquid cash to his successor in a bank. The man is as clean as they get. Till today they still can not dig anything on him. APC don try tira and they still can not find anything on the lan.

Firstly, Obaino came and denied that such an amount was left for him, after Obaino, Soludo came and said same thing and for me I choose to believe Obaino and Soludo, if you choose to believe Obi, it's your choice and we all have rights to our choices.
But let's even assumed that such an amount was left behind by Obi, he was keeping money in the bank while his mate was using his to invest in creating new cities inside his state and one of such cities is worth billions of dollars today. So who is a good leader like that?
Abeg let's leave this issue, this is a SE thread, we have derailed enough. God bless you!

EElopa:
You can call Peter Obi all the name in the world but he is not a criminal. Peter Obi is a complete nightmare for Tinubu. That man comfortably won the 2023 general election and they all know it. Tinubi sees Peter obi when he is fucking his wife, shitting, sleeping you name it. Trust me if Peter Obi is a criminal like you alleged he will be in jail today. The APC has exhausted all their energy trying to find a case against the man. I personally think that Peter obi is too much of a gentleman to govern an animal kingdom like Nigeria. Nigeria need a ruthless leader that will come in kill alot of the current elites we have in Nigeria and implement policies that will develop the country. By the way I was in Burkina Faso last year. In ten years time Nigerian will be begging for a visa to go to Burkina Faso. That country is transforming at alarming rate. Democracy is a lie the west sold to us Africans. A country need to get to a certain level of development before Democracy starts working.

At the bolded lastly, a gentleman? Lol
Awkuzu River, hope you know what happened? Will a supposed gentleman be involved in such?

EElopa:
You can call Peter Obi all the name in the world but he is not a criminal. Peter Obi is a complete nightmare for Tinubu. That man comfortably won the 2023 general election and they all know it. Tinubi sees Peter obi when he is fucking his wife, shitting, sleeping you name it. [b]Trust me if Peter Obi is a criminal like you alleged he will be in jail today.[/be] The APC has exhausted all their energy trying to find a case against the man. I personally think that Peter obi is too much of a gentleman to govern an animal kingdom like Nigeria. Nigeria need a ruthless leader that will come in kill alot of the current elites we have in Nigeria and implement policies that will develop the country. By the way I was in Burkina Faso last year. In ten years time Nigerian will be begging for a visa to go to Burkina Faso. That country is transforming at alarming rate. Democracy is a lie the west sold to us Africans. A country need to get to a certain level of development before Democracy starts working.

At the bolded once more, aside Obi, does that mean today's oppositions that are against or contesting against Tinubu today but are not in Jail are also not criminals, e.g Atiku?
What you don't know is that Tinubu doesn't send these people, mostly Obi because he sees them as boys that are no match for him. Na una just they delude una selves without the thoughts that Tinubu sees these people as rivals.
Amaechi fought Tinubu tooth and nail and he is still fighting him till today, infact no opposition politician hate Tinubu more than Amaechi but today he is still working freely. Does that means Amaechi is also not a criminal? Tinubu nor send all these people jare, they are the least of his problems

EElopa:
You can call Peter Obi all the name in the world but he is not a criminal. Peter Obi is a complete nightmare for Tinubu. That man comfortably won the 2023 general election and they all know it. Tinubi sees Peter obi when he is fucking his wife, shitting, sleeping you name it. [b]Trust me if Peter Obi is a criminal like you alleged he will be in jail today.[/b]The APC has exhausted all their energy trying to find a case against the man. I personally think that Peter obi is too much of a gentleman to govern an animal kingdom like Nigeria. Nigeria need a ruthless leader that will come in kill alot of the current elites we have in Nigeria and implement policies that will develop the country. By the way I was in Burkina Faso last year. In ten years time Nigerian will be begging for a visa to go to Burkina Faso. That country is transforming at alarming rate. Democracy is a lie the west sold to us Africans. A country need to get to a certain level of development before Democracy starts working.

At the bolded, using your assertion, does that means Tinubu isn't a criminal since he wasn't jailed when PDP was in power, even when he was probed and even appeared at the Code of Conduct Tribunal under a PDP regime but was discharged and acquainted?

EElopa:
You can call Peter Obi all the name in the world but he is not a criminal. Peter Obi is a complete nightmare for Tinubu. That man comfortably won the 2023 general election and they all know it. Tinubi sees Peter obi when he is fucking his wife, shitting, sleeping you name it. Trust me if Peter Obi is a criminal like you alleged he will be in jail today. The APC has exhausted all their energy trying to find a case against the man. I personally think that Peter obi is too much of a gentleman to govern an animal kingdom like Nigeria. Nigeria need a ruthless leader that will come in kill alot of the current elites we have in Nigeria and implement policies that will develop the country. By the way I was in Burkina Faso last year. In ten years time Nigerian will be begging for a visa to go to Burkina Faso. That country is transforming at alarming rate. Democracy is a lie the west sold to us Africans. A country need to get to a certain level of development before Democracy starts working.

Panama Papers 📜
If you don't know anything about it, go and read it.

Goke7:
And that’s what gives the govt the moral authority to act cos tax payers money can’t just go down the drain like that!

For those concerned about fifa ban for interference make Una calm down! The mafia in aso rock knows how to navigate such terrain as you can see they are going the anti corruption route to get the nff executives instead of removing them from their positions directly, na tactics

Tinubu is not just going through the anti corruption route, he is also using the #12b he gave to them to hold them and not any money they got directly from FIFA

EElopa:
Absolutely a big capital no. If Tinubu decided to throw all of them in a slammer I could not be bothered. They are all criminals doing what they know how to do best. I was just referencing to his comments and pointing out how ironic he sounded.

They are all criminals, including Obi ?

EElopa:
I actually agree with your statement. Nigeria actually need Abacha kind of a leader with a good intention to actually develop the country. For Nigeria to move forward alot of people have to be eliminated. A gentleman can not really govern Nigeria well. The problem with Abacha and Tinubu is that their strongman mannerism is actually not for the betterment of the country rather it is for their own selfish interest & ambitions.

Do you think Democracy will allow any so called strong man to actualise what you stated here, eliminating alot of people?
Even Gumi, make Tinubu arrest am tomorrow and watch how even some Southerners will come out in defence of Gumi because we are practising democracy.
El Rufai turned southern Kaduna to a graveyard when he was a governor, he was arrested by Tinubu and till tomorrow, not just some Southerners but also Christians are still glamouring for his release. So, how will a strong man succeed in such a democratic environment?

Odunayaw:
Like say dem no learn am from government

If Goodluck Jonathan had stood on his ground when when he intervened during his administration, by now maybe the NFF would have been working with the best hands