The Chairman of Katsina State Football Association, Aminu Kurfi has visited another Super Eagles player, Jamilu Collins in Wales after another injured Real Sociedad striker, Sadiq Umar.
Kurfi, who is seeking election into the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board emphasized the need for sports administrators to think more about the players, saying if not for the footballers, there will not be a football house.
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“For me, the players must come first. I decided not to pick a form for the fast-approaching NFF Election not because I am not qualified but because I feel that as administrators, we have failed in our promise to this great country. Our failure to qualify Nigeria for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is a monumental setback. Nigerians have not forgiven us for the failure yet we are all out again, few months later, jostling for political offices”.
“I have chosen this period to remember our heroes and I am using my money to tour Europe just to see these injured players and remind them that Nigerians still love them,” he said.
Jamilu used the opportunity to thank the NFF Technical Committee member for the visit and called on other members of the NFF executive committee, the sports ministry and Nigerians to show Nigeria players love at all time, saying, it is not only when we are wearing the Green White Green jersey of the Super Eagles that they should see us as Nigerians.
