Former Nigerian international, Peterside Idah has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to give so much priority to the players in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) in a bid to develop the league.
Idah, who made this known in an interview with Channels TV, said a whole lot of emphasis has been placed on players that are playing outside the country and with that, it is daunting the league’s development.
He also criticised the trend in Africa where there is excessive dependence on FIFA, expressing concern that every action is accompanied by FIFA involvement.
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“I think a whole lot of emphasis has been placed on players that are playing outside the country and with that, it is daunting our development. You find out that no one looks into our league; no one looks into our league; no one is bothered about what happens in our states in leagues; and in FAS, the attention has drifted to Europe.
Peterside Idah
“When you look at the female team in every tournament, you will see that we have a whole lot of players that are playing at home.”
“What is happening in Africa is that we are beginning to depend so much on FIFA, which is not right. Every other Federation wants to be independent from FIFA and we can now meet at FIFA.
“Everything we do, FIFA sends us a secretary. Every time there’s an opening of a nursery school, you see the FIFA president there.
“And we have been saying to the CAF president, our union is not FIFA, we need to develop ourselves.”
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