Time to reverse Nigeria’s dwindling football fortunes

By Chiedu Uche Okoye
In today›s world, football is the most popular sporting activity. From Brazil to Ghana, and from Italy to Australia, people who are from different races play the game of football. And, globally, millions of football fans follow football events and competitions, religiously. Back in Nigeria, football has been our only unifying factor as we bury our ethnic and religious differences to cheer our national teams whenever they are playing against other countries during international football competitions.
In the past, when sporting competitions were integrated into secondary schools› curricula, football competitions were organized for secondary schools in different st...