Aborted ban of Nigeria
announced Monday by world soccer ruling body FIFA, has been described as a
temporary succor and a time bomb waiting to explode.
A cross section of soccer fans who bared
their minds Tuesday on the issue on various platforms including live programs
said the forced peace will not last insisting that finding a permanent solution
to perennial war every world cup year at the Glass House should be the focus of
all.
An Auchi based fan who
gave his name as Durojaiye, likened what is happening in the football house to
what is happening in the political arena in the country, and challenged
Nigerians not to fold their hands and watch as
selfish individuals hijack the nation and the little that make them
happy.
"I equate what is
happening to our football today to what is happening in political arena. We have seen that in spite of their promises
and boasting both PDP and APC have failed to provide purposeful leadership so Nigerians should rise up in 2019 and look for a material outside these boastful
parties to move the country forward.
In the same vein the NFF election is in
September, the two warring parties should be told in plain terms to take a walk
so that we allow new people to contest elections.
They don’t have monopoly of knowledge
so they cannot be the only ones that can run football in a country of over 200
million," he said.
Another caller took the
debate to the next level alleging that the brouhaha could be a gang up against
the country for purely selfish reasons.
"How are we sure that both factions are not fighting in the morning
and partnering at night like our politicians who throw stones in the morning and
fraternize at night while the people suffer and even kill themselves on their
behalf?" she queried and yet another alleged that the squabble is merely
diversionary with a view to ensuring that no question is asked about the funds
used for the World Cup.
"For me this unending disagreement is deliberate
and diversionary.
We went to world cup
after so much swag and noise; we raised a lot of funds from corporate bodies and
got funds from FIFA.
If the squabble continues nobody will have the time to ask
for the account. Nobody will say come
and tell us how much you raised locally and how much you got from FIFA, what is
the total money gathered and how much was expended?
Nobody will ask for such
records and that is what they want, very sad situation," submitted a very
angry caller from Abuja.
FIFA in a letter
confirming its decision to jettison the proposed ban added a last paragraph
which indicates that it is still monitoring the situation in the country.
"FIFA will continue
to closely monitor the situation in order to ensure that FIFA’s rules and
regulations are fully adhered to" the letter added Monday.
Like the fear expressed
by the fans it is apparent that the make-shift peace will not last the distance
especially with a release by the legal representatives of the Giwa faction H.S
Ardzard and co faulting a tweet by Laolu
Akande Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Vice President Prof Yemi
Osinbanjo recognising the Amaju Pinnick board. The release emphasised that
there is separation of powers between Executive and Judiciary adding that
setting aside a ruling of the judiciary appears to indicate that
"government is at war with itself"
Former international
Victor Ikpeba had earlier on Monday night football called for a change in the
pattern of voting to elect the President of the Nigeria football
Federation.
According to the former
Borussia Dortmund ace dubbed 'Prince of Monaco' while he was playing for the
French side between 1993 and 1999; the FA Chairmen in the country are very
powerful adding that ex-internationals who should have roles to play in the
process have been sidelined.
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