From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Chairman House Committee on Sports Honourable Ekene Adams has shed more light on his position to oppose Nigeria’s bid to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Kaduna State-born lawmaker said as much as it is a good thing for a country to be able to host major championships it is however not a current priority for a nation like ours.
“We are not kicking against bidding for the Nations Cup, but I am against the timing of such a step about our current economic realities which every one of us is not ignorant of “
“As someone who has the fear of God, I can tell you for free that now that we are talking about hosting the Nations Cup, it has to do with building new facilities, and renovating stadiums, but all of these things are only beneficiary to us the Stakeholders and Politicians to make more money”.
“I don’t think we mean well for the common man if this is our current priority as a Government.
“The common man can hardly feed three times a day with the effect of the subsidy and it will not be good to hide under the disguise of Sports and things like this to enrich ourselves at the expense of Nigerians”.
“For example, the palliatives the National Assembly approved for Nigerians to cushion the effect of the subsidy hardship have not gotten to Nigerians across the country and the only thing we the stakeholders are concerned about now is wanting to host the AFCON “.
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