{"id":3149,"date":"2022-06-11T12:34:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T11:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2022-06-20T15:45:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T14:45:37","slug":"peace-in-nigerian-sports-going-back-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/peace-in-nigerian-sports-going-back-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace in Nigerian sports \u2013 going back to the future!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\">Nigerians are tired and frustrated with the unending crisis in\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">some<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">national<\/span>\u00a0Sports Federations<span lang=\"EN-GB\">. The particular case of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has compounded the situation as\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Ministry of Youth and\u00a0<\/span>Sports<span lang=\"EN-GB\">, frustrated by the endless crisis, took a desperate decision that appears to have added salt to the injury.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The crises in some national sports federations are not new. They were inherited by the current Sports Minister, Chief Sunday Dare, and have existed for at least 4 generations of ministers before him. He is only now being called upon to nurse back to health what have become very sick \u2018babies\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">It is not an easy task to accomplish because the virus of abnormalities introduced at a time in past have become into cancers, and the new normal.\u00a0\u00a0The simple processes in sports associations (federations) at the birth of modern sports administration in Nigeria, have been smudged and obscured by inadequate advice of the dwindling pool of experienced and knowledgeable administrators on what needs to be done to connect the roots of the past with the state of affairs of the present, and serve as a compass into the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Without being disrespectful to those presently advising the sports ministry, there is a clear disconnect with history in some of the Ministry\u2019s decisions. Without going back to the genesis of the crisis, a step that requires courage and wise counsel, there may never be a way out of these seemingly impossible situations. There are too many previous pitfalls and potholes along the way that the ministry is falling into that could have been avoided but are not<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">If the sports ministry did not think it had run out of patience and simple solutions,\u00a0\u00a0it would never have taken the huge and unprecedented step of withdrawing Nigeria\u2019s national teams from all international basketball event, something that brings unquantifiable honour and glory to the country, provides a whole world of opportunities to the gifted youths of Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Nigeria\u2019s absence creates a big hole in the global basketball industry, and does irreparable losses in the lives and careers of innocent athletes who would never get a second chance at the present lost opportunities\u2026 again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The problem in this whole brouhaha is a \u2018virus\u2019, a few articles in the federations\u2019 constitutions, smuggled into them at a point in Nigeria\u2019s sports history, to serve some narrow interests. They served those purposes well, were not expunged, became the new \u2018normal\u2019, became further engrained and are now almost impossible to get rid of because those that planted it are no longer around to recant their ignoble acts, and those benefiting from the act now will never easily give up their new found power, source of influence and glamourous living.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The era of electing only authentic members of sports organisations as leaders of the national federations may be gone forever, unless some drastic steps are taken. Hence, the \u2018hard\u2019 stance of the Sports Minister that has now backfired only because the \u2018sinner\u2019 is free and the victims, without whom even the federations would not exist , are suffering!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Since the announcement that shocked the entire world, rather than calm the situation, criticisms, concerns and condemnation have followed, and have\u00a0\u00a0been very loud,\u00a0\u00a0sustained and global. The decision is<\/span>\u00a0not producing the desired and anticipated results.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>There are\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">now\u00a0<\/span>genuine calls for the\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">m<\/span>inistry to take another look at the whole matter,\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">review its withdrawal from international competitions, and find another route to solving its greatest problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The good thing is that, In the Ministry\u2019s action, we now clearly again the frostiness in relations between it and some of the national federation leaderships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The reagent of the crisis various federations is, once again, the process of\u00a0<\/span>board elections fueled by\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">a few\u00a0<\/span>disputed articles in\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">the\u00a0<\/span>constitutions<span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0of the bodies that were altered and have now birth a situation where unqualified and undeserving persons manipulate their way to the boards, and hold on with a vice-like-grip to the levers of sports administration in the country. They even usurp the Ministry\u2019s statutory responsibility clearly spelled out in the constitution of the country and leave sports in the country to be swallowed up in the swirling pool of ignorance and the absence of clear roles and responsibilities.\u00a0<\/span><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">To compound the challenges of the ports ministry, even as the basketball saga goes on, in October\u00a0\u00a02022, the<\/span>\u00a0&#8216;<span lang=\"EN-GB\">M<\/span>other of all crisis&#8217; looms<span lang=\"EN-GB\">. Unless the ministry uses uncommon wisdom and its awesome but idling powers to amicably resolve the matter of the NFF quickly, there shall be an<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u2018<\/span>explo<span lang=\"EN-GB\">sion\u2019 into a fresh round\u00a0<\/span>of crisis\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">that may even consume the ministry itself, if care is not taken. The elections into the\u00a0<\/span>Nigeria Football Federation<span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u2019s<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Executive Committee\u00a0<\/span>over which\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">the ministry <\/span>superintends\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">comes up\u00a0<\/span>in October.\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>There is an &#8216;irritant&#8217;\u00a0 law suit in\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">a\u00a0<\/span>court in B\u00e0yelsa State\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">filed by some stakeholders against the NFF. The court\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>has temporarily halted the\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">entire\u00a0<\/span>process\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">that should lead to\u00a0<\/span>the elections.\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">One of the matters before the court is very germane as it raises the fundamental issue of the present constitution of NFF.\u00a0<\/span>Unless and until that case is resolved quickly, Nigerian football may be heading for the rocks<span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u2026..once<\/span>\u00a0again<span lang=\"EN-GB\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Without doubt, the sports minister faces\u00a0\u00a0a complex situation that most people do not fully understand, and with history taking its toll on the mind, it appears things are becoming even more complicated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Even the advisers of the sports minister appear to be lost in the labyrinth of the present confusion, and cannot find their way back home to the start of this ignoble journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>What can be done now? How can the knots\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">that were tied selfishly by narrow-minded former \u2018pilots\u2019 in the ministry at a time in history, be\u00a0<\/span>undone\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">so that the levers of control can go back to the rightful owners of the game, persons who are ready to work with the Sports Ministry and carry out clearly separated roles and mandates, without conflict, friction or rancour?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">My humble suggestions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The ministry should retrace its steps. It has not found any support from any section of the global sports fraternity.\u00a0\u00a0It should withdraw its withdrawal of national teams from international competitions as soon as \u2018yesterday\u2019. It is an unpopular decision because it punishes, in the end, the wrong persons for offenses they did not commit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Ministry should get more advice about how to manage the present situation with the NBBF without infringing on subtle \u2018rules\u2019 in sports that exposes it to the clause of\u00a0<i>\u2018interference in the internal affairs of its member\u2019<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The matter of a\u00a0<b>Court of Sports Arbitration<\/b>\u00a0to be established in Nigeria should be quickly revisited so that a learned, independent, acceptable, and neutral arbiter to deal with the complex issues in sports is put in place to resolve differences and restore control of sports to their right constituencies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoListParagraphCxSpLast\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The matter of the NFF in various courts can surely be managed better and settled with the intervention of the Ministry. It should invite\u00a0\u00a0all the key-parties in the conflict to a round table, settle the personal differences between them, and then embark on the tortuous and difficult process of re-writing or expunging unwanted articles from the mutilated constitution of the NFF which must be normalised in order for final peace to return to Nigerian football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_ydpd6fa862dMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Sports ministry must go\u00a0<b>back<\/b>\u00a0to the\u00a0<b>past<\/b>\u00a0to find the ambience required for a peaceful transition into a brighter\u00a0<b>future<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerians are tired and frustrated with the unending crisis in\u00a0some\u00a0national\u00a0Sports Federations. The particular case of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has compounded the situation as\u00a0the\u00a0Ministry of Youth and\u00a0Sports, frustrated by the endless crisis, took a desperate decision that appears to have added salt to the injury.\u00a0\u00a0 The crises in some national sports federations are not new.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-featured"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peace in Nigerian sports \u2013 going back to the future! - Mathematical 7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/peace-in-nigerian-sports-going-back-to-the-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peace in Nigerian sports \u2013 going back to the future! - Mathematical 7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerians are tired and frustrated with the unending crisis in\u00a0some\u00a0national\u00a0Sports Federations. 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