Senator
Bukola Saraki has lamented the poor state of Nigerian football, saying
‘it’s corrupt and stinks’ and that the system needs to be cleaned up.
The former Governor of Kwara State
stated this in Lagos on Sunday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos,
during the final of the 2012 NNPC/Shell Cup.
“We need to clean up Nigerian football
because it is corrupt and stinks,” Saraki, who owns the only privately
run club in the Nigeria Premier League, ABS FC, said.
“The NPL (board) should go and sort
itself out. We can’t change the system from outside; we must do that
from the inside. I am now a stakeholder and I am happy that I can
contribute my quota to the development of football in Nigeria.”
The Senate Committee on Sports began its
hearing on the dwindling fortunes of sports in the country on Monday
and Saraki said he would address the issue in the upper chamber of the
House.
“The game needs to be properly
administered and we need to address the issues of violence and
officiating. Our league matches must be entertaining. I am presenting a
paper on my views about the country’s football at the senate hearing,”
he added.
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