{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"John Owan Eno\u00a0\u00a0- a silent operator! - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HapUHlWYeV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/john-owan-eno-a-silent-operator\/\">John Owan Eno\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; a silent operator!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/john-owan-eno-a-silent-operator\/embed\/#?secret=HapUHlWYeV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;John Owan Eno\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; a silent operator!&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"HapUHlWYeV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/John_Owan_865.jpg","thumbnail_width":865,"thumbnail_height":837,"description":"The \u2018new\u2019 Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Eno, is an\u00a0\u00a0enigmatic, silent operator. You hardly see him, yet, quietly, he is impacting Nigerian sports in a big way.  \u00a0  It may be too early for a scorecard of his performance, but observing him these past few months as I have done, requires some appraisal and commendation.\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0  This week, the National Men\u2019s basketball team,\u00a0D\u2019 Tigers,\u00a0were to be withdrawn from participation in the\u00a0AfroBasket Championship\u00a0taking place in Tunisia from this weekend.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0Basketball Federation of Nigeria\u00a0did not have the funds to send the team to the championship. Meanwhile, the results from the event will determine the African countries that shall represent the continent this summer at the\u00a0Paris 2024 Olympic Games.\u00a0\u00a0  Such a withdrawal would have been a humiliation, the worst kind of publicity for Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa, the \u2018leader\u2019 of the Black race on earth, one of the richest countries on earth with its natural resources, a country blessed with some of the most talented basketballers out of Africa in the home of the sport - the USA, African champions to the last Olympic Games. It would have been a diplomatic faux pas!  \u00a0  Only a week earlier, the whole world was witness to a great demonstration of the true essence of sports when Nigeria opened its vault to celebrate, honour and reward the country\u2019s footballers, not for winning a trophy, but for getting to the finals of AFCON 2023, and in the process uniting the country and evoking the spirit of patriotism in all Nigerians.\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0  The two scenarios above, happening in the space of one week, do not add up.\u00a0"}