A college student, Adekitan Oluwajomiloju has revealed that he has a passion to become a journalist, in order to spot hidden sports talents that can make Nigeria proud in the future.
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The youngster disclosed that, though he involves himself in football and athletics events at school, his preferred vocation is in writing, instead of participating actively in sports.
He explained that his utmost desire is to highlight the missing links of sports development in Nigeria, inform people who matter about how to encourage budding stars and to help educate parents on how then should support their children to achieve natural potentials.
Oluwajomiloju added: “I put my interest into journalism because I feel I have the ability to make an impact as a journalist. I also want to inform people our there about what is going on in the community, across Nigeria and worldwide.
“I participate in football and running, but my biggest interest is in writing sports. Particularly, I want to highlight that, in Nigeria, we don’t encourage our talents, and we don’t have good equipment to engage students in sports activities.
“So, I feel if I can become a journalist, I can help in projecting this negative situation to the government. That would make them help students and young people to become better footballers and good athletes.”
He went on to speak about the causes of juvenile delinquency and social vices, but reasoned that such ills can be put in check through regular involvement of young people in sports activities.
Oluwajomiloju continued: “Many young people are currently involved in yahoo-yahoo, but that’s one part of life in Nigeria that I can’t really say is their fault.
“We can help them stay away from such crimes if we encourage them to develop their talents and provide ways through which they can show it more.”
The youngster then charged parents to encourage their children in ways through which they can exhibit naturally endowed sporting qualities.
He concluded by urging students to find ways of convincing their parents, teachers and other adults that, aside from academics, they can equally make it big in sports.
“Our parents don’t really fancy sporting activities,” he posited. “They feel sports is just a waste of time, and they expect students to be involved only in education.
“Each student that wants to enroll into sports usually finds it difficult because their parents usually decline them. That’s because most parents do not value sports.
“In another aspect, I also want to urge students to prove their talents and potentials to their parents.
“I remember the stories of (Cristiano) Ronaldo and how his teacher told him he could not make it in the aspect of football. The same happened to (Kylian) Mbape, but they are both right now among the best footballers in the world.
“Students should find a way to convince their parents or find a family member to talk to their parents to allow them enter into sports.
“Once students can prove their parents wrong, I think Nigeria would become a better place for sports and join the top table of countries that are good in sports worldwide.”
