With just few days to the commencement of the AFCON 2015 Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea, President General worldwide of Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Dr Rauf Ladipo said he can’t believe Nigeria is not part of the soccer fiesta.
Ladipo who was close to tears told Daily Sunsports yesterday at his Apapa, Lagos office that it is a big shame that the Eagles are not anywhere near the action spot moreso when Nigeria is the defending champion.
“It is now one is facing the reality of our not being in Equatorial Guinea. In another few days action will start and for me and my men it is a most painful miss. It is a big shame that we are not there and those running the game in the country appear not to have learnt anything from the mistake. Agreed the Eagles just played a friendly, but the team remains coach less.
So, effectively we have not started planning for 2017. The NFF must take urgent steps to get Keshi to put pen on paper and if he (Keshi) is not comfortable with the pay cut the NFF is offering, then we should go for another coach now,” Ladipo said.
Ladipo charged members of the nation’s football family to put the interest of the country first rather than fighting for selfish interests.
He noted that the country’s failure to qualify for the 2015 Nations Cup was clearly a fall out of the crisis rocking Nigerian football.
“I just hope those fighting for the soul of Nigerian football would sheath their swords this year and focus on the growth of the game. The crisis rocking our football has not helped us in anyway. We can’t continue to fight and destroy the game in the country,” Ladipo pleaded.
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