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Nigeria’s failure to qualify for a second consecutive FIFA World Cup has intensified calls for a change of leadership at the Nigeria Football Federation, with football stakeholders urging the current board to take responsibility and step aside, as pressure mounts ahead of the federation’s next electoral cycle, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
Former Nigeria international and 1996 Olympic gold medallist, Abiodun Obafemi, told PUNCH Sports Extra that he supports any measure capable of restoring sanity to Nigerian football, insisting the country cannot continue with the status quo and expect a different outcome.
“Honestly, I agree with any action that will bring good to the football house, even if it is an overhaul. Honestly, we just need a change. We cannot continue to do the same thing and expect different results,” Obafemi said.
“Last World Cup before this, we were not there. If you look at the calibre of players we had, we should be there. Even if it is two teams from Africa, Nigeria should be there. We are number one football nation in Africa, and everyone knows the reason why we are struggling, and whatever measure that will bring us back, we should take it. We are losing the respect that we had, that fear factor most of these nations have when facing us is gone. Whatever will bring back those glory days, I am for it 100 per cent.”
