Allwell Okpi
A former Technical Director of the
Nigeria Football Federation Kashimawo Laloko has said the federation
should empower the current Technical Director Shuaibu Amodu to help the
national coach Sunday Oliseh to succeed.
Laloko, who spoke to our correspondent
on the telephone, said the development of Nigerian football should not
be left to Oliseh alone.
He said Amodu should be allowed to play
his role as the technical director, adding that Nigeria has many
talented players who have not been discovered.
“If they allow Shuaibu Amodu to do his
job, and give him some powers, he will work. If it is the national coach
that will be in charge of everything, it will not augur well for the
development of our football,” Laloko said.
“Don’t tell me that the players are not
there. The players are there but we are not looking for them. Go to
Rumfa College, Kano on a Saturday morning and you will see over 1,000
children playing football. That place alone can provide players for six
youth teams for Nigeria. Go to different places in the North like Sokoto
and Kaduna and see fantastic young players.
“In the South East, go to Owerri, where
we discovered Nwankwo Kanu, and Aba, and you will see many talented
players. Go to Ibadan, around Sabo area, every evening and you will see
boys playing good football.”
Laloko, who is the Director of Pepsi
Football Academy, also lamented that football development in the country
has been destroyed due to the conversion of playing grounds into other
uses.
He added that there was the need for
football authorities to return to schools and properly-run football
academies in search for football talents for the national teams.
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