Challenges undermining sports for development in Nigeria: focus on Football transformation

Sports remains useful drivers of national development.  The different sports are drivers of societal peace and development. However, it should be noted that sports are currently part of the drivers of global relations amongst citizenry. This study traces the place of sports in the Nigerian...

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Autores: Ani, Kelechi Johnmary, Onu, John Chimezie, Anyanwu, Timothy Chibuike
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Recursos:Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Fisiologia do Exercício (IBPEFEX)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Futsal e Futebol
Idioma:inglés
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Acesso em linha:https://www.rbff.com.br/index.php/rbff/article/view/1473
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Sports
Football
Development
Nigerian Football Federation
Deporte
Fútbol
Desarrollo
Federación de Fútbol de Nigeria
Sport
Calcio
Sviluppo
Federazione calcistica nigeriana
Esporte
Futebol
Desenvolvimento
Federação Nigeriana de Futebol
Desporto
Descrição
Resumo:Sports remains useful drivers of national development.  The different sports are drivers of societal peace and development. However, it should be noted that sports are currently part of the drivers of global relations amongst citizenry. This study traces the place of sports in the Nigerian national development culture. It used secondary materials to identify the challenges that undermined football in Nigeria, which include but are not limited to corruption, feet drain, poor officiating, nepotism, poor government policies etc and consequently recommends increased government investment in sports, professional training, improved officiating as well as encouraging migrant sportsmen that have travelled outside the country to return home and join in building the sports.