{"id":19184,"date":"2019-12-21T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19184"},"modified":"2019-12-21T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T16:07:03","slug":"nigeria-football-on-the-decline-under-pinnicks-watch-taribo-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-football-on-the-decline-under-pinnicks-watch-taribo-west","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Football on the Decline under Pinnick\u2019s Watch \u2013 Taribo West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nigeria defender and Olympic Gold medal winner Taribo West has said the state of football in Nigeria is on the decline.<\/p>\n<p>Taribo opined that football in the country has become comatose, adding that the executives of NFF have done too little, hence the need for a new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria football is sinking, it\u2019s almost dead,\u201d Taribo told Sports Extra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmaju and his executives have no more business running our football. I don\u2019t have anything against Amaju. I believe he has been able to do the little he can, but right now, they don\u2019t have it anymore even Shehu Dikko and Seyi Akinwunmi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly the best hands should handle football affairs in Nigeria. If we have ex-internationals in that position and not doing well, they need to be taken out so others can show what they have,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The former Inter and AC Milan centre-back featured 42 times for the Super Eagles before drawing the curtain on his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nigeria defender and Olympic Gold medal winner Taribo West has said the state of football in Nigeria is on the decline. 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