‘FIFA rates Nigeria third worst football developing nation’

WORLD football ruling body, FIFA, has come out with a damning verdict on Nigerian football, saying the country is the third worst soccer developing nation in the world, according to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Technical Committee member, Adegboye Onigbinde.

Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, and the men and women football event of the 2012 Olympics. In 2011, both its men and women teams failed to qualify for the 2011 All Africa Games.

In a telephone chat on Tuesday, Onigbinde disclosed that the ratings, which were conducted during the annual meeting of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Technical Committee in Seychelles last month, was contrary to the series of commendations the NFF has received from the same CAF for its development programmes.

The Super Eagles’ former coach and member of CAF and FIFA Technical Sub-committee, said the rating was informed by the number of technical trainings conducted by the various federations. He added that the inability of the NFF to appoint a technical director has contributed to the stagnant state of football development in the country.

“Let me tell you one thing, less than a month ago, we were in Seychelles for the annual technical committee meeting of CAF and Nigeria was rated one of the worst three countries in terms of football development,” he said.

Source:vanguard.