Despite winning the African Nations Cup in South Africa and the FIFA U-17 World Cup in United Arab Emirates in the outgoing year, the Nigerian Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, has rated the game four out 10 this year.
The Super Eagles also qualified for a fifth World Cup in the outgoing year, and the country’s team of domestic league players would play in the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) for the first time.
However, Abdullahi has maintained that even though the country has done well in football in the outgoing year, there was still a long way to go to take the sport to its best height.
“For me, I thank God Almighty that we try to do our best and God is helping us achieve results. But for me, we need to do a lot more than we are doing,” MTNFootball.com quoted the minister as saying on Tuesday.
“And I’m the first one to tell you that in a scale of one to 10, 10 being where we should be, where are we today? I would say four.
“Yes! We won the AFCON, the U-17 World Cup, yes, very good, but until we are able to build a system that ensures that regardless of who is in the office, we can confidently say we will win or we can win, then we have not reached where we are supposed to be.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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