Buy-naija to Grow-naija; Nigerian Football League in focus. By S. Kazeem

You find great pleasure and pride in wearing 'original' foreign football clubs jerseys, many of u wear their customized wrist bands, their customized face caps and use their customized sunglasses, you wear their customized ear rings and use their crests, you have their original customized shots and their customized socks, your have original football boots and other footwear customized in their logo. In addition, you have their customized foot mats, customized bed-sheets, customized duvets and customized pillow cases, u have their customized center rugs in ur living rooms and bedrooms, u have their customized blankets and big towels, your sofas and center tables are customized in their logo, in fact your cars are partially branded in their logos... but barely can we find any Nigerian Football Club merchandise on you or in your house. You travel abroad to watch their friendly matches, their derby matches and the unveiling of their newly signed players, you pay an annual online membership fees, you leave the office early so as to watch their matches, you even go as far as sticking your hard earned Naira in a bet on them.., but u can't imagining paying a 'dime' to watch Local football matches, or sitting in your comfort to watch them on Television, not to talk of flying to watch their matches in a far Nigerian State. It is very saddening that many of you are ignorant of how much foreign countries make in taxes from these foreign football clubs and their footballers, from issuing football rights to broadcast stations and from companies manufacturing computer 'soccer games' like X-BOX, PS1-PS4. In fact, you have no idea of how much foreign football clubs are making from endorsements and from exporting football materials u all wear with pride and that others crave for..., but u always look the other way, when the need to support our local league arises. Well, if in case you still don't know why Nigeria Football League is in a very terrible shape, that paying a minimum of N150,000 monthly salary to their footballers has been very difficult for Nigerian Football Club managers; the aforementioned should help your case and also educate you on how foreign clubs raise so much money to pay their players millions of pounds a week..., even without winning a trophy for a decade. My problem with 'many' Nigerians is HYPOCRISY, this parasite lives in their skulls and has obviously affected their reasoning. In fact, some have failed in life, because of their 'blind' support for foreign football clubs and because of their addiction to computer 'soccer games'. Don't attempt to throw jabs at me, but look critically inward so as to see the clearer picture. Our economy is in recession, not only because of the failure of past administration to diversify the economy and save for rainy days but also because of huge importation, to include sporting wears. Well, i am not criticizing football lovers or-and enthusiasts, i am only saying that we also need to support our locals leagues, the way we have supported foreign clubs for centuries without 'national-economic' gains, if truly we are determined to help them grow. Enjoy your weekend. Twitter: @MrSteam_

Nigeria; submerged in turbulent 'economic' waters

Nigeria has been submerged in turbulent 'economic' waters. Over the last few months, Nigerians has expressed their disappointment over the failure of the past administration to save for rainy days and further expressed their popular dissatisfaction with what they see as 'economic-financial policy somersaults' in the President Buhari led government, which they believe can not rebound in a time soon.

Undoubtedly, it will take more than the 'ordinary' to unseat the ruling party at the next polls, but opposition political parties are joining forces in an effort to give the ruling party a run for their 'money' in the 2019 elections. Believe it or not, members of the 'Nigerian lower class', who traditionally have been reliable supporters of President Buhari, are already backing down on their support for the principal occupant of the Aso Villa, this is due to obvious reasons that bothers on striking hunger and job cut...

Together with a deep economic crisis, these developments have set off fears of impending instability, political violence, and even state collapse. Any of those outcomes could produce a humanitarian catastrophe, which might take us another decade to 'outrun'.

Well, the good news is that the event that could have triggered the worst political violence in the Nigerian history, was deferred at the 2015 general elections. Thanks to those that contributed in all ways. In addition, the lingering 'Oil driven' crisis in the SS-SE regions of the country and the insecurity in the NE region of Nigeria could also cause 'loss of control' but it is still unlikely. Take it or leave it, that is because the present government and the top echelons of the troubled regions enjoy an unusually close relationship.

We will 'overrun and outrun' our present predicaments, but our present situation is a reality that we must live with.

Twitter: @MrSteam_