The Minister of Sports, Senator John Enoh says the Ministry under his watch will not any sport on behalf of the federation, but rather play an oversight role.

The Minister stated this during a “strategic meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Football Federation, as part of my series of engagements with all sports federations in the nation”.

Minister Enoh said the engagements with the leadership of sports federations are “part of my efforts to appraise the state of sports in the country, to drive a common vision of development, resuscitate, rejuvenate and reinvigorate areas that are not in tandem with its mission”.

The Sports Minister also called for full collaboration from football stakeholders in developing the game, especially in areas of “coaches and players’ education, referees’ development, league management, national teams’ success, governance statutes, etc”.