Edema Fuludu: Former Nigeria International scores Nigeria football low in 2022

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Former Nigeria International Edema Fuludu scored Nigerian football low in 2022, stressing that a lot of things went wrong which is equally traceable to the maladministration of the sport of the country.

His observation comes in reflection of the year under review, while revealing that only conscious administrative efforts will lead to change of the fortunes from the current bad state of the sport.

“I think that it was a failure. On the scorecard of ten, I will score Nigeria football three because we got it all wrong from the last eight years,” Fuludu told Brila FM.

“A lot of things were not properly done. If we have the willpower required to do it right, we would have been able to achieve things that Nigeria virtually ought to have achieved. I think a lot needs to be done.”

A major setback was Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar as Ghana took the ticket after the Super Eagles Playoff defeat on an away goal.

Super Falcons lost its grip on the Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title, losing three games for the first time in the single tournament, all coming against South Africa, Morocco, and Zambia to finish in the fourth position.

Succour came with age-grade football as the Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles both won their U-17 and U-20 West Africa Zone B (WAFU-B) Zonal Championship to qualify for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Nigeria U-17 girls (Flamingos) won the bronze medal in India becoming the first Nigerian women’s U-17 team to win a medal at the tournament.