Segun Odegbami, ɗaya daga cikin manyan muryoyin da ake girmamawa a ƙwallon ƙafa na Najeriya, ya yi imanin ƙasar tana kan gab da juyin juya halin wasanni na gaskiya — kuma yana nuna jerin ci gaban kwanan nan a matsayin shaida cewa lokacin mai yiwuwa ya ƙarshe ya zo.

Goyon bayan shugaban ƙasa na saita yanayin

Odegbami yana yaba wa Shugaba Bola Ahmed Tinubu da fara wannan tsari. Tinubu ya umarci a gudanar da gyare-gyaren wasanni na gaske, kuma muhimmin abu, ya goyi bayan wannan umarni da kuɗi — wani matakin alkawarin shugaban ƙasa da ba a gani, a cewar Odegbami, tun zamanin marigayi Admiral Augustus Aikhomu.

Hukumar Wasannin Ƙasa, NSC, ta tafi da sauri. Jagorancinta ya rusa kwamitin NFF ba tare da haifar da gunaguni ba, sannan ta jagoranci tawaga zuwa hedikwatar FIFA ta dawo da abin da Odegbami ya kwatanta a matsayin fure na nufin alheri daga shugaban ƙungiyar. Yana fatan NSC yanzu tana da damar da ta isa don gudanar da sauye-sauye na tsarin a ƙwallon ƙafa na Najeriya ba tare da buƙatar Majalisar NFF ba — wata ƙungiya da ya ce ya kamata a kuma rusa ta.

Odegbami yana kira ga NSC ta ci gaba ta hanyar tara ƙungiya mai amininci, tsaka-tsaki, da ƙwararru don rushe tsoffin tsare-tsare da gina sabbin tsarin don ci gaban ƙwallon ƙafa na gaske.

Girmama zakarun zinaren Olimpik na 1996

Kafin wadannan ci gaban, Dr. Allen Onyema, Shugaban Air Peace Airline, ya amince da wani yabo da aka jinkirta na dogon lokaci ga zakarun zinaren Olimpik na Najeriya na 1996 — Dream Team. Za a rubuta sunayensu a kan NIIA Sports Diplomacy Wall of Fame a Nigerian Institute of International Affairs a Lagos, tare da bikin karɓa da aka tsara a watan Oktoba ko Nuwamba 2026.

Wannan shekarar tana ɗaukar ma'ana biyu : tana nuna cika shekaru 30 na babban nasarar wasannin Najeriya a Wasannin Olimpik na Atlanta, da kuma cika shekaru 50 na ƙauracewa Wasannin Olimpik na 1976 da Najeriya ta jagoranta. Za a kuma girmama sauran manyan jakadan wasanni biyu a wannan rana — marigayi kyaftin da manajan Super Eagles, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, da mai riƙe da katin tarihi na duniya a faɗakarwa, Tobi Amusan.

Gwamnan Kaduna ya cika alkawalin shekaru 30

Odegbami yana ajiye babban yabon sa ga Gwamnan Jihar Kaduna, Uba Sani, CON, yana kwatanta shigarsa a matsayin mafi kyawun labari na shekara. Shekaru talatin bayan nasarar Dream Team, Uba Sani ya kammala tsarin rarraba filaye ga 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Olimpik na 1996 — lada da gwamnatin jihar Kaduna ta yi wa'adi a lokacin amma ba a taɓa rubuta ko bayarwa ba.

Akwai ƙarin labari mai dadi daga Kaduna. Gwamnatin jihar ta dawo da mallakar Ahmadu Bello Stadium, wuri mai tarihi wanda aka gina kuma aka bude a shekarar 1964 a karkashin Sir Ahmadu Bello da gwamnatin Arewacin Najeriya. An karɓi filin wasa da gwamnatin tarayya don gyarawa kafin gasar FIFA ta ƙarƙashin shekaru 17 ta Nigeria '99 kuma ba a taɓa mayar da shi ba — wata shawarar da Odegbami ya kira mafi munin yanke shawara a tarihin wasannin Najeriya.

Ya yi iƙirarin cewa ayyukan gyarawa da ake kira haka a Ahmadu Bello Stadium Kaduna, Liberty Stadium Ibadan, da Township Stadium Calabar — da masu gini na Najeriya da Isra'ila suka gudanar — a zahiri sun lalata wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun tsare-tsaren ƙwallon ƙafa a nahiyar, wani barna da Najeriya ta taɓa warware.

Odegbami yanzu yana ƙarfafa gwamnonin jihohin Oyo da Cross River su bi misalin Uba Sani, su tabbatar da maido da filayen wasanninsu daga NSC, su sake ginawa a matsayin wani ɓangare na sake farfado da wasannin ƙasar da ya yi imanin yana gudana a ƙarshe.