CHIEF ADEGBOYE ONIGBINDE an unsung HERO of Nigerian Football

When our lord Jesus Christ said a prophet is never accepted in his home, I have come to appreciate it more when I relate it with our FIFA instructor and Ambassador Chief Adegboye Onigbinde. Truth must be told the contribution made by him when it comes to football matters and papers written by him over the years has been neglected by our football authorities. Chief Ongbinde mentioned the need to have a viable technical department fully equipped in our NFF Glass house but this has never materialized. He mentioned the need to have a developmental program but this never been done, he mentioned the need to have a recruitment process for all level of our football but it was never done. He mentioned the need to have a football timetable that reflects what exist in other established football association but our NFF have failed to align our football in this regard. Chief Adegboye Onigbinde represents FIFA through courses/programs organized for member nations which we are one and we fail to see his relevance to our football development. Recently I read the comments he made about our Chief coach Sunday Oliseh and I agree with him absolutely on his comments which shows that our NFF is still operating as an inexperienced federation. The following questions needs answers: Why does the NFF neglects Chief Onigbindes advice? Who could get the country closer to FIFA than our own person? Who could teach us better the technical know-how in football than our own son? Why is Chief Onigbinde so important and relevant to FIFA, their Technical Committee matters and politics? What is the relevance of Technical matters in modern day football? These are issues that must be looked into with the hope that Chief Adegboye Onigbindes view will be respected.