Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, Niger state governor, is
currently having a problem with his people, for his visit to the United Kingdom
to watch the match between Chelsea and Arsenal football clubs in the English
Premiership League last Saturday.
It would be recalled that the Governor has warned sports
officials in the country not to use his name to organise any competition,
reactions have continued to trail the
governor’s visit to Stamford Bridge as frivolous, considering the challenges
currently facing his state.
It will be recalled that
Governor Bello, in August this year, warned the people when board members of
the Nigeria Chess Federation and the state hockey team that won the national
super league visited him at the Government House that no sports officials in
the country should use his name to organize any competition.
A trader, Ibrahim Musa
said: “Things are hard for us in Niger State while our governor is travelling
to watch matches.
I heard they said he was on
invitation, but is it not government resources that he used for the trip? “We
did not vote him in to watch football, we voted him because we want him to work
and bring back the lost glory of the state. Watching match is not governance.
”The state-owned football
team, Niger Tornadoes, has just gained promotion to the elite Nigeria Premier
League which the governor is not watching, but could waste state funds to watch
football abroad..........”
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