FC Robo Queens of Lagos founder, Emmanuel Osahon has raised an allegation that sturdy however discriminatory exterior influences affected the result of this yr’s award for African Girls’s Footballer of The Yr, Sports247 stories.
Whereas hinting that one in every of his membership’s merchandise, Rasheedat Ajibade, ought to have gained the award, since she was the most effective participant and successful captain at this yr’s Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations, Osahon inferred that folks with vested pursuits made a mistaken selection.
Osahon, who can be his membership’s chairman and head coach, disclosed additional that seeing how the award eluded Ajibade affected him and his gamers emotionally.
He averred, “A variety of issues are at all times mistaken in African soccer. All of the so-called huge pictures will use us as a steppingstone and, on the finish of the day, they are going to dump us. The best way they run issues amazes me.”
Whereas downplaying how one other Falcons’ striker, Esther Okoronkwo was additionally tipped to win the award, Osahon charged officers of Nigeria Girls’s Soccer League (NWFL) to step up their efforts when it comes to offering higher circumstances for gamers.
Osahon added, “Lots of people had been additionally saying Esther Okoronkwo was speculated to be favoured, however I’m not actually involved about that.
“For me, I’m extra involved about what the NWFL will do about our gamers. They want to take a look at numerous issues. We’ve individuals there who are supposed to work for us.”
He concluded with a cost to Nigeria’s soccer high pictures to make use of their positions to place strain on folks that matter and swing essential selections in favour of the nation’s gamers.
“Allow us to be taught to do issues proper. We additionally want to begin our standing keenly … so that folks is not going to use us and, on the finish of the day, dump us.
“That’s simply what we must always do. For now, I’m not pleased and all my women usually are not pleased. Our camp is quiet like a graveyard,” Osahon revealed.
