By Eddie Akalonu

Though elections into the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation took place last week and officials elected, Chairman of Gabros FC of Nnewi, Gabriel Chukwuma has predicted that there will be no end to problems of Nigerian Football.

In his opinion, “stakeholders were excluded while those who gathered in Warri for the congress had no stakes in the game. Speaking to Sports Vanguard, Chukwuma was asked to name those he referred to as real stakeholders.

“Chris Giwa is, I am a stake-holder. Anyone who runs a football club from the Professional league to the Premier league is a stakeholder.

“And these are the people that should be committed to the Nigeria Football Federation. They are to produce the president and rest of the board-members. The usual mistake in our football has always been that we do not carry club owners along. We create the true environment in which football thrives in Nigeria.

“Those hanging around NFF now have not contributed a dime in moving the game forward.”

The Gabros boss questioned why elections into the NFF board should attract so much interest while most state FA chairmen have overstayed their welcome.

“Some of them have over-stayed their tenure, some are in office for upwards of ten years or more. They just don’t talk about election in their own states but hussle for that at national level. They clamor for elections in the centre for only selfish reasons.