By KATE OBODO

After the crash of the Super Falcons at the on-going FIFA  Women’s World Cup, former Rivers State Sports Commissioner,  Adokiye Amiesimaka has called on the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to go back to the basics and articulate a proper development programme that will help solidify the building of the team.

Adokiye, who predicted that the Falcons may not go beyond the group stage in the competition following their poor preparation and foundation for the competition, said: “Did I not tell you that the Nigerian team would go nowhere? The beat goes on and we will continue to fool ourselves.

Continuing he said: “Back to the basics is the answer. Articulate a proper development programme; catch them young  by using the school system and collaborating with the education sector; take the promising ones through that programme with regulated training, regular local competitions and early exposure to international experience; then see the difference.

“As long as we continue to live in fool’s paradise and neglect doing the needful, football glory will keep its distance from us, take it or leave it,” he said.