Nigeria Advances to Semi Finals a proof that Federal Character does not WIN Football matches as Nigeria advances with its best team thanks to gutsy BIG BOSS Stephen Keshi

		Yes there is no Obafemi Martin, no Osaze Odemwingie, no Yakubu  but its the BEST TEAM for Nigeria and the team is still as diverse as it can possibly be . Federal character is a mediocre method that does not win matches . It ensures Hausa , Yoruba , Igbo  are reprented in a team almost equally without being the best team Nigeria can produce. Over the years this foolish idea has continued to hunt Nigeria and has never stopped leading to below average perfomances. Some coaches have tried to toss this aside and when they did it produced result , talk of Clarence Westerhof,  a highly successful Nigerian Coach from Holland and  by all indications he did not believe in that and resisted power Lobbyists in the then NFA who wanted to select the teams for him. He took Nigeria to the Quater finals of that Worldccup in 1994. Many others who followed soon fell to the huge powers behind Federal character selection in Nigerian football. Big Boss Stephen Keshi has towed the footstep of Westerhof by selecting the team himself and taking responsibility of the results. This bold move has yeilded results for him as we all saw today against Ivory Coast. Just last week we all read an ethnic Bigot by name Tokunbo Aremo Odua, who was ranting about team selection being dominated by more of Eastern Nigeria names, he did not however congratulate the Nigerian team on beating Ethiopia 2-0 , so what do you say to such educated illiterates ? We congratulate Stephen keshi and his Boys for a job well done against over rated and Over confident Elephants of Ivory coast  !

 

Emmanuel Emenike is mobbed after scoring

Tournament favourites Ivory Coast crashed out of the African Nations Cup at the quarter-final stage after they were beaten by Nigeria at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium.Emmanuel Emenike gave the Super Eagles the lead just before the break and although Cheick Tiote equalised early in the second half, Sunday Mba's deflected effort won the game for Nigeria, who will now face Mali in the last four on Wednesday.

 

  His name is Sunday Mbah, he won it for Super Eagles.

 Sunday Mbah.

He plays for a local Nigerian team, Warri Wolves.
Activist" Tokunbo Aremo Odua Complains That $30k Match Bonus to Eagles Unfairly Benefits Igbos

A so called "activist", Tokunbo Aremo Odua, who happens to be an ethnic Bigot has complained that the $30,000 match bonus giving to the Super Eagles for winning their match against Ethiopia is against the Federal Character principles as it enriches the Igbo nation to the disadvantage of other players.

Tokunbo said because most of the players are of Igbo origin the dole out is unfair.

The activist’s post is reprinted below verbatim;