Team Nigeria’s poor performance at the just-concluded International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has been trailed by different reactions most of wish haven’t been in favourable. World Athletics Championships, fans blame it on lack of investment, vision, blueprint and transparency.
Christian Aiyegbeni, a former decathlete, said he was not surprised by the result recorded by Team Nigeria at the championships, saying: “You do not reap where you did not sow’’. “I was not surprised at the poor performance of our athletes, it shows emphatically that we have no plans for these athletes; we haven’t invested anything in them. “And we expect them to win at the world stage. You reap what you sow, that’s sports for you. “I have said it before that we lack vision, structure, there is no system and blueprint to work with in Nigerian athletics. “No one is held accountable, everyone is seeking for his own interest and not the interest of the athletes and the hardworking coaches,’’ he said.
Several others have also revealed their lack of shock at the county’s poor outing in the competition and further prescribe that for Nigeria to do well at sporting event, the right investments must be made. In addition, they advised the new AFN board to have a vision, invest more in the athletes, especially the home-based athletes as well as have a written work plan.
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