A former Super Eagles Coach, Adegboye Onigbinde Tuesday attributed Nigeria’s poor outing in the ongoing 33rd Paris Olympic Games in France to a lack of good sports administration in the country.
Onigbinde told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he was fed up with discussing the ills in the Nigerian sports administration, as those concerned might mistake his genuine love for seeking position and relevance.
“You see, why Nigerian athletes are not performing well in the ongoing Olympics and other international sports competitions is not technical, but administrative.
“Is it technical that an athlete who qualified properly in her event will be ridiculed by not registering her for participation?
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“Situations like this will continue if our administrators don’t separate politics from sports,” the veteran technical sports director said.
According to him, the most of the administrators have forgotten the core objective of developmental programmes in sports which had earned the country some measure of success in the past.
“The same administrative problem which has stagnated developmental progress in sports is affecting us in almost all aspects of our national life.
“There is no country that is better endowed than Nigeria as far as sports talents are concerned, but are they well developed?
“I’ve worked with the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) for over 20 years, visiting many countries and seeing their developmental efforts in sports in the process.
“In Nigeria, if sports administrators don’t like your face, there is no way for you,” the former General-Manager of Shooting Stars stated.
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