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There seem to be
some natural phenomena most Nigerians are either intentionally
ignoring, or are absolutely ignorant of. Either way, the entire
country, unfortunately, is paying the price for this ignorance and will
keep on paying for a few more years, except the One who created sports
– especially football for His own pleasure, decides to have mercy on
this great nation.

One of these
natural phenomena is the fact that every human being will reap whatever
he or she has sown. You sow goodness, you reap goodness. You sow evil
and you can be sure you will reap evil. It is not possible for any
individual to sow millet and look forward to reaping rice. It has never
happened and I doubt very strongly if it will. Not only that, the
harvest is usually more than the seed sown. Plant a seed of corn and
check out the number of cobs that seed will yield from its stalk. This
is why evil sowers should know that the harvest will not be for them
only to consume- their children, grand children and even generations
after them will definitely partake in the abundant harvest. This
principle is not just natural, it is divine. That is the way God
Almighty has ordained it and no human being can change or circumvent it.

Do we have to
remind ourselves in this nation, that over the last couple of decades,
the seeds of corruption, violence, ineptitude, deception, cheating,
moral decadence, stealing, extravagant spending, abuse of power, cold
blooded murder, amongst several other horrible vices, have been planted
in Nigerian sports – especially football? Is there nobody with a
discerning spirit, who can tell fellow Nigerians the truth and nothing
but the entire truth? Must we continue to deceive ourselves that all is
well with sports, especially in Nigeria? For how long must we grope in
darkness? Do we have elders who are genuinely concerned with the state
of sports in Nigeria? Where are they, and what are they saying or
doing? When last did anything good come out of football in Nigeria? You
may not agree with my position and you are free not to, but I have a
very strong conviction; that we are now reaping some of the seeds
planted by evil doers and may have to continue harvesting for a while.
Except the Lord God Almighty rescues this nation from the grip of these
evil doers, any right thinking man or woman should not be deceived into
believing that sports will develop in Nigeria.

We are all
responsible for this. Everyone! We have all compromised one way or the
other. We have all done those things we ought not to have done, and did
not do what we ought to have done, and now sports (football especially)
is in a sorry state of anomie in this massively blessed nation. Right
now, what we experience is total abandonment of moral and social or
even spiritual values. Yet, we talk so much about praying for Nigerian
sports, we talk about God helping us. I wonder which God we are
referring to.

Neutralising Bio

Is it true that
there is already a curse on football in Nigeria as some people make us
believe? Is it true that there are some paid marabouts and prayer
mercenaries, given the mandate to ensure that Nigerian sports continue
to steadily head for the abyss? Can it be true that Bio is gradually
being neutralized and if extra care is not taken, late Ishaya Mark
Aku’s case will be a child’s play to what may befall him, if you get
the gist? The last time I heard of Bio was about three weeks ago, when
he was reported to be down with some very funny ailment. Unconfirmed
sources now claim that he has been flown out of the country for medical
treatment. Scary, is it not? Will Nigeria lose another sports minister
in such diabolical circumstances? Must some children become fatherless,
and a wife become a widow, simply because ‘the man may die’ who
determined to restructure sports in Nigeria? Must we allow this sort of
intimidation to continue in this country?

I called up a
couple of my media colleagues in order to verify some of the
unconfirmed reports about Bio and the response I got from majority of
them is alarming. A few claimed that Bio was absolutely on his own,
since he failed to “carry” sports writers along with him. A close
friend alleged that Bio almost “pour sand-sand into our garri” with his
uncompromising stance with FIFA and the NFF. Before I am branded as a
rabble-rouser, the other side of the coin may simply be that Bio has
tactically withdrawn to the trench from where he can fire from all
cylinders. After all, this is Naija, where anything, no matter how
absurd can happen.

The NFF selection

Call it election if
you are still one of those caught in the web of deception. Head or
tail, Amos Adamu is the winner; and his candidate, Tijani Yusuf, will
emerge as the next President of the NFF. But that will be the will of
man and not of God, because it is only God Almighty who decides who
will be in authority. Remember I have mentioned severally in this
column that God is the greatest sportsperson, and I am sure that if
only Nigerians will totally commit sports into His hands, He will
deliver us from the grip of enemies of Nigerian sports, parading
themselves, now, as friends. Either way, my own position concerning
FIFA’s interference with our football remains the same. Arise oh
compatriots and call the bluff of FIFA. We need the indefinite ban in
order to kill the evil seeds planted, sow seeds of righteousness that
will guarantee a bright future for sports especially football in
Nigeria. Enough is enough!