Sports minister, Simon
Dalung made a surprising assertion that Nigeria does not need to
attend the World Cup because the game is riddled with corruption and we
can never win it. Speaking to Voice of America, Hausa Service, he said:
“The cup that we can win is the African Cup of Nations. There
is nothing again that will take us to another man’s balcony in the name
of the World Cup. We already have the Commonwealth Games and the
Olympics.
For these, we can attend such meets. But I am opposed to the
World Cup. We don’t agree to it. Conspiracy in the World Cup is too
much.
“There is the issue of bribery and favouritism. There is also the issue
of corruption before you are even given the hosting rights. We are here
suffering from hunger and we don’t have money for such things. That is
why, even if we try many times, once it gets into the politics of the
game, we can never win.
“That was why this year, we had to tackle him (FIFA President, Ginani
Infantino) and we said, ‘you , Infantino, if you win this election, you
have to give us a position. If not, we shall not agree.’ And you see ,
by the grace of God, he even picked an African as his
Secretary-General. That means he has started taking honey and rubbing
on our lips. That means that one day, we shall get to really lick the
honey.”
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