“Nigeria declining football can only be revive by quality leadership” – Coach John Chukwu

Former Tremendous Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, has charged soccer stakeholders to elect credible leaders to the board of Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) as a result of that’s the solely technique to right the ills of the sport.

Talking within the wake of Tremendous Eagles Workforce B’s ouster from the African Nations Championship (CHAN) by Ghana on the weekend, Chukwu mentioned that the end result as given extra perception that the nation’s soccer is in complete disarray.

He maintained that if pressing measures weren’t adopted to set issues in the proper approach, the nation would proceed to drop.

“The Tremendous Eagles Workforce A missed out from the World Cup following a defeat by Ghana; now the Workforce B has additionally suffered the identical destiny within the arms of the identical Ghana in CHAN qualifiers.

“This clearly reveals Nigerian soccer is in a giant drawback as we communicate. I don’t perceive what the issue with the workforce is; whether it is administrative, teaching or workforce choice points, as a result of I’m not with the workforce.

“However my recommendation is for stakeholders to elect skilled soccer directors to come back and save Nigerian soccer. It’s a massive embarrassment that the nation can’t e-book tickets this yr for 2 main championships.

“If issues will not be dealt with proper, Nigerian soccer won’t come out of this case,” he mentioned.