As many as five Super Eagles players have mocked the instruction of the Minister for Youth and Sports Sunday Dare on the mandatory inclusion of locally based players in the team.
Dare in a press release after a meeting with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) told the board that as many as three players playing in the Nigeria League should be given a spot in the Super Eagles list.
The minister made the comments in light of the drive by Coach Gernot Rohr to get more players born abroad to represent Nigeria alongside players based in European countries.
However Rohr is not alone in the quest to beef up his team with players born abroad as coach of the Nigeria male Basketball team called D’Tigers Mike Brown has been busy holding talks with players born in America with Nigerian origin to play for the Nigerian team.
“ I follow basketball a lot and when I saw the news I was excited for the choices of the coach. Then I remember the instruction of the Minister on players in our team must contain home based players. What about the basketball team”, he joked”.
Another who was part of the conference call also added his voice by saying the future of basketball in Nigeria is very bright and it could rival football in the nearest future.
“ At this stage we are about getting some of the guys that are tipped to light up the NBA. That’s enough reason to be excited and it’s just a little team more Nigerians will follow the game as they do follow football”.
