Former Super Eagles and Vikings FK forward Peter Ijeh,has blamed Nigeria’s back to back absence at the World Cup on structure of the game in the country.The NFF according to him have a lion share of the misfortune the country’s football has suffered, adding that their action and inactions lead to decline of the quality of Nigerian football across all tiers.
Although he played just one game for the green and whites, Ijeh opined that the NFF’s style of doing things on a whim, alongside a lack of accountability, has set back sports administration in the country.
“The gap [between Nigeria and other African nations] can’t be narrowed at this point in time, why? because the structure has to be in place,” the 49-year-old told Brila.
“Now the problem is when there is structure then there will be accountability.”
“Some people are making sure that the structure fails so that nobody can be held to account.
“While the football sector is struggling, a small section of people are profiting; they will do everything to make sure it does not work.
“If you look around Europe, Nigeria has the most learned – exposed, educated – scholars, but we still can’t fix this small fraction of the problem.
“This world cup has exposed a lot of things,” the former FC Copenhagen striker concluded.
The three-time African Champions failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after losing to Ghana in a two-legged play-offs and again failed to qualify for the 2026 World cup after losing in play-offs against DR Congo.
