2011: ANOTHER WASTED YEAR IN OUR FOOTBALL LIFE?

Maigari...Nigeria Federation of Fraud (NFF)

NIGERIA FEDERATION OF FRAUD (NFF): Uhm! Abracadabra!! Failures have taken over the nation’s soul. There is fire on the mountain. Beelzebub and its host of ilk spirits have taken over an angelic body. Who saves us? Do we continue our mourning as suggested in my last piece? Beware, lo and behold, the obsequies of Nigerian football has started in earnest!

There was a folk saying in 2003. A governor who failed woefully got his dad to campaign that if a child fails in a class won’t it be logical that he repeats the class? Since the current FA bosses in the states have woefully failed, it is only logical to allow themselves be voted into office again for another term. Is it not election that is the problem being complained by the people who are protesting?

FA selections (sorry folks, it is election that is intended) conducted in kangaroo processes. Forms were not made available anywhere. Election committees were not set up anywhere. If the committees were set up they had less than a week to finish the processes. All the celebrated failures got selected (sorry, elected). This is the eighth wonder of the world.

DR AMOS ADAMU SYNDROME: No one in Nigeria, even the ones in their mothers’ wombs, does not know the greatest sports administrator in the country for the century, the “Godfather of the Godfathers” and the most controversial and most reported, our own, Dr Amos “Babatunde Oyekale Oyelere Aremu” Adamu.

I am not being satirical. Doubt me? I hope all the enemies of progress won’t come up with names they think are cleaner and better than my choice? They are wont to start to mention such names like Isaac Akioye, Elayae Awoture, Ahmed Yahaya, Elias Gora and such names. If anyone does, I will curse you that God in His infinite mercies make you bold to say the truth at all times while He increase and magnify your ambitions, visions and plans this year!

Back to base. Our own, the Gidfather of Godfathers has bred such Godfathers like Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, Abdullahi Sani Lulu, Amanze Uchegbulam, Dr Tijani Yusuf etc These ones have further bred new breeds now in the saddle.

Whatever is being done now by lesser mortals have been done by some saints in the past. So there is nothing new anywhere. Therefore, can we all rise and congratulate all the members of the Maigari’s board of the Nigeria Federation of Fraud (NFF) who won as Chairmen of State FAs in the recently concluded kangaroo selection. (Please forgive the printer’s devil. I forgot the other popular meaning of the NFF. You can also change selection to election if you like.

Ask, why should Sepp Blatter and Issa Hayatou not be the Swiss and Camerounian FA Presidents simultaneously? I think Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State should sack the Chairmen of Dolphins FC and Sharks FC of Port Harcourt IMMEDIATELY and give Mr. Chris Green as the Chairman of the two clubs. This will make him and his ilks on the NFF board who are doubling as State FA Chairmen meet the local version of Dr Adamu.

I will also recommend other state governments whose NFF members are their state FA chairmen to follow the recommendations to Mr Amaechi.

Gentlemen and ladies, may we all rise now to hail the new Czars of Nigerian football as we head down the hill to oblivia. Adieu Nigerian football!