If Nigerian football players aren’t prepared to put their country on the map of the world’s best footballing nations, Senator Shehu Sani has advised the Federal Government to give priority to other sports like hockey, table tennis, and wrestling. While announcing the start of a one-day hockey novelty match hosted by the Government Science College Kagara Old Students Association at the Niger State College of Education, Minna, Sani, a senator from Kaduna South, made the announcement. 00:01 03:11 10 seconds The 1984 set won N1 million from the Special Guest of Honor, while the runners-up earned N500,000. He claimed that the occasion signaled the start of an effort to bring hockey back to Nigeria.Football receives the majority of our nation’s funding for the sports industry, and we place a lot of focus on it. However, we should be aware that we will win good medals if other national sports receive 10% of the funds allotted to football. Similar to the Olympics today, there are many more sports, such as table tennis, hockey, wrestling, and taekwondo, in addition to football. Thus, other sports must take precedence. “We are currently at a standstill due to an excessive focus on football. If we are unable to attend the FIFA World Cup, we need to be allowed to attend the World Athletics Championship, the Hockey World Cup, or the Wrestling World Championship.
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