Football Association In Abuja Drums Support For Dilichukwu Onyedinma

Dili Onyedinma.

Board of the Federal Capital Territory Football Association (FCT FA) has thrown its weight for the ambition of the Chairperson of the Nigeria Women's Football League (NWFL) Chief Mrs. Dilichukwu Onyedinma to re-contest for the position in the forth-coming elections into the Boards of the various League bodies in the country.

According to the Chairman of the Association, Musa Saeed Talle, the Board arrived at this decision after properly reviewing the achievements of the Chairperson in last four years “the Board of the FCT FA during its meeting held at the weekend, took a critical look at the performance of the Nigeria Women Football League vis-à-vis the Chairperson of the Board in last four years.

“We came to the resolution that she had performed excellently well, considering the achievements recorded by the various national women teams within the period under review. Not minding the harsh environment she found herself in the last dispensation in the Football Federation.

It takes the doggedness of people with great passion and determination to achieve the feat the Board recorded. We have no option than to endorse her for the second term in the office. We are very convinced that with the good working relationship she has with the present leadership of the Federation, that Nigeria Women Football would no doubt maintain its leadership position in Africa and compete favourably with others in Europe, America and Asia” he said.

Talle did not hesitate in taking a swipe at those who are rubbishing the recently concluded Women Super Six Football competition held in Umuahia, Abia State, saying that such people are enemies of the game in the country “it is laughable when you hear the calibre of people making such comments.

“These are people whose antecedents are well known when they were handling teams here in FCT and we know very well how such acts led to their dismissal from handling the national teams, such people have no moral right to be agitating for teams. Moreover, making such a statement at a time when the other leagues are striving to get sponsors for their own tournaments, showing that they don’t have the interest of the game at heart. They are only interested in achieving their own parochial and selfish aims to the detriment of the game in the country”.

Concluding, he said “election is an open event, where any qualified individual is free to participate; people should desist from casting aspersions on the achievements of others to achieve their aims. We at the FCT FA have resolved that we would not fold our arms and watch people drag the achievements of our sole representative in the Board of NFF to the dust, especially when such was achieved with sole efforts” he concluded.

It would be recalled that the FCT Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) last week passed a vote of confidence on the Board of the Nigeria Women Football League led by Mrs. Onyedinma, asking the League congressmen and women to return her back to office.