Sports
General Secretary of the
Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, has again called on aspiring
young sportsmen and women to shun social vices and endeavour to combine their
craft with education in order to make it to the top.
Speaking when players and
Coach of Lagos –based Ambassadors Football Academy paid him a visit at the NFF
Secretariat, Abuja, the seasoned sports administrator affirmed that keeping
clear of vices such as smoking, drinking and gangsterism ultimately helps in
moulding a successful career in sport, while education would definitely impact
on the tenor of a career in sport and keeps the athlete going in a good way
after retirement, either as a result of injury, loss of form or age.
“Anytime I have the
opportunity, I always counsel young athletes against indulgence in social vices
like drinking, smoking, womanizing and other unsavoury vices. These vices kill
a sporting career quickly, and no matter how talented, such a person is doomed.
“Education is also very
important. Don’t ever think of abandoning your educational pursuit because you
are building a career in sport. It always backfires. If as a result of injury,
loss of form or age, you are unable to continue as an athlete, it is education
that will sustain you and carry you to old age.”
The NFF scribe traced the
history of sport, saying that while several decades ago, sport was regarded
only as recreation, things have turned one-hundred-and-eighty degrees and sport
is now a multi –billion dollar industry in which hundreds of millions of people
are lucratively engaged.
“Sport now enhances the
image of nations; it is one of the biggest employers of labour worldwide and;
is a veritable means of fostering unity and togetherness.
“You have a wonderful
opportunity to key into this fast –expanding and magnificent industry and I
charge you to be diligent, dedicated and disciplined.”
Earlier, Coach Segun
Omoniyi had explained that the academy was on a tour of the Federal Capital
Territory and took the opportunity to afford the young footballers a visit to
the Glass House and to meet the NFF’s chief operating officer.
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