The Nigeria minister for Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has disclosed his desire to the Nigeria male national team return to the glorious days.
Dare stated this at President Mohammed Buhari’s yearly scorecard ceremony in Abuja where he rolled out the achievements of sports under the present administration.
We must return to the DNA of our football, the domestic league. The process is ongoing through the NFF and the IMC. The process may be slow but surely it will work out. IMC is working to reengineer and rebuild the domestic league,” the sports ministry boss disclosed.
“The Super Eagles must return to the glorious days when it was dominated by local league players like Segun Odegbami from IICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan and Christian Chukwu from Rangers International of Enugu. The Super Eagles will be rebuilt with players with young legs and youthful minds with the commitment to serve,” he said.
For a while now, the Super Eagles have been dominated by foreign players, but the desired result has not been achieved.
The closest to the Super Eagles team having some local based players was 2013 where the team went ahead to win the African Cup of Nations.
Uche Dozie
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