The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, has reiterated his desire to see the Super Eagles of Nigeria dominated by players from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).
He further said there are concrete plans to return Nigerian football to its glorious past through a viable and virile domestic league
The minister stated this at the PMB Scorecard, a platform organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture for ministers to give an account of President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements in different sectors from 2015-2023 to Nigerians which was held at the National Press Centre, Radio House, Abuja recently.
According to Dare, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) set up the Interim Management Committee (IMC), which is working on the modalities to re-engineer and rebuild the domestic league, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), to regain its lost glory and be on par with international standards.
“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 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.
