Major General A.Chukwu, a profound sport enthusiast, football club financier and motivator has criticized unskilled Nigerian sports administrators, stressing that incompetent overseers in the sporting sector is crippling the growth of sports in the nation.
In a chat with Sports Ambassador, Major General Chukwu lamented on the way many of Nigeria’s sports men and women who have represented this country graciously are been treated after their active days.
He noted that for sports to be as viable as it should be, there is a great need to employ those who in their days were proficient sports men.
“I want you to understand that our sports administrators should be those who played the game; those managing the games from national to state level. You don’t give anybody who doesn’t know anything about sports to administer sports. Sport is a vocation, a career. It is just like I have served 35 years in the military and a civilian thinks he can do better than me without training. Or as I have just come out from the military and feel I can do a Barrister’s work or a medical Doctor’s work. It is not like that. We need quality management that can develop sports.
Major General Chukwu also lauded Team Ehime Mbano after they qualified for the Semi-final place in the on going Sam Okwaraji Cup organized by OkeyEze. Major General Chukwu who is actively motivating and support the team from Ehime Mbano stated that he has a lot of programme in stuck for the lads and with the support he is getting from friends and partners, his vision for sport development will go a long way. When asked what his expectations are for his wards in the tournament, here is what he had to say: “I pray the official will be fair in every game. I am not tribalistic or impartial. Once the officiating is fair the best team will win and that is my expectation. I don’t support injustice so, let the best team win.
Major General Chukwu also revealed that he has been involved in sports right from childhood and sports played a great role in making him successful in the military. Thus, he has thought it wise to support budding football talents as a way of giving back to the society that formed him.
