National Assembly Member representing Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency of Osun State, Alhaja Ayo Omidiran says Nigeria is a power house of women’s football and will show other nations in the continent that they are worthy champions.
Omidiran cheered the Super Falcons to victory against Zambia at the ongoing Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) tournament and will hope for a better performance when they file out against Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.
“The status in women football is changing, what happened to us on Sunday is a wake up call, the gap is now close.”
“Ghana’s loss to Mali further proves it, be that as it may, Nigeria is number one. They are the power house of female football in Africa. We didn’t do well in our first match but we are going to show the continent that we are worthy of the title by defending the cup.”
Omidiran who is also the House Committee Member on Sports commented on the progress of women’s football in the country. According to the Proprietress of the defunct Omidiran Babes, there is need for seriousness with football.
She also commended the Aisha Falode led management for a job well done in the Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL).
“We need to get serious with women’s football. A lot of the problem is with administration of the game, we need to be taken more seriously. It’s not only at the National team level, you can’t give what you don’t have.
“Aisha Falode is trying for the women’s league. If we continue like this, in the next one or two years we may not even be having foreign players in our national team any longer.”
The House Sports Committee Member cum Chairman Nigeria Football Federation Women Football Committee harped on the need for women’s football to be taken to schools as a way of catching them young.
“Apart from that, we have to take women football to schools and start recruiting girls, so that we can catch them young and monitor their progress as time goes on.”
