The Guild of Sports Editors, the umbrella body of sports editors and managers in Nigeria, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what it described as a bold and courageous intervention to reform Nigerian football following the resignation of the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Rising from an emergency meeting on Friday, the Guild said the resignation of NFF President Ibrahim Musa Gusau, the General Secretary and members of the Executive Committee must mark the beginning of genuine and far-reaching reforms rather than another change of faces.
The Guild said Nigerians have endured years of frustration as the country’s football fortunes declined, citing the back-to-back failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, Nigeria’s absence from the FIFA U-17 and U-20 World Cups, the decline of Nigerian clubs in the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup, and the Super Falcons’ failure to qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in their history.
“The emotions and joy of Nigerians have repeatedly been shattered by the failures that have become our lot in football,’ the Guild said in a statement signed by its President, Tony Ubani.
