Sports Adegboye Onigbinde accuses NFF of lack of development for Nigerian football

Former Super Eagles coach Adegboye Onigbinde has blamed the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) for doing much on the development of the game in the country.

Onigbinde said that the NFF needs to go on a development drive that would sustain the growth of the game in Nigeria.

Further pointing to the fact that Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2015 African Nations Cup, due to lack of sustainable development.

"We just have to sit down and review all that has happened to our football. Let’s be sincere with ourselves, are we developing football in the country,” Onigbinde told Goal.

"There is no developmental programme in this country, yet we want to qualify for every competition and also do well.

"All we need to do now is start developing our football and you cannot do that without a functional technical department.

"Football is a technical matter and in this country, we have relegated the technical aspect to the background."

He also opposed those calling for the head of coach Stephen Keshi insisting his removal will not proffer solutions to the sorry state of Nigerian football.

"It is not a new thing in Nigeria, I came back from the Africa Nations Cup in 1984 and I was removed. So sacking coaches is not a new thing in the country," he continued.

"Keshi won the Afcon title for us, qualified us for the World Cup where he took us to the round of 16 and because things are going bad, we are calling for his head.

"We are not happy with the players and other members of the technical crew and we want them fired but the real problem is the lack of a functional technical department.

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