Voice Of Change, Nigeria

Why does sport especially football affect us so much? As always I get to wondering how sports is such a unifying factor, for not just my country, but other countries of the world, all of a sudden mortal enemies forget that they are mortal enemies, and they unite behind one flag. What is it about sports especially in a country like Nigeria where we argue about so many things and seem to be divided about so many things? What is it about sports that unify us? I was outside my base when Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0, and the whole place erupted in rapturous joy, and nobody wanted to know what side of the country Musa was from, there was no federal character, that they thought ‘you cheered him up because he came from your area” I do not think anybody knows or cares where he comes from. They just cared that he had won for Nigeria. As a sport I would rather examine football than athletics, because in athletics its one person sprinting and we’re all rooting for one person. Football best represents what leadership is in