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We'll win World Cup with me as President - Kalu
By Tony Ubani
AS politicians continue to inundate Nigerians with 'sweet nonsense' promises
in their bid to get to the seat of power, Progressive People's Alliance
Presidential candidate, Orji Uzor Kalu says he is the only candidate that
has an agenda for Nigerian Sports. He also vowed to lead Nigeria to capture
the most glamorous sporting trophy in the World, the World Cup that would
be staged in South Africa in 2010.
'I've promised Nigerians that Nigeria will be the first African country
to win the World Cup if I become their next President. I know the politics
of sports and I know the people who run sports and I know the administration
of sports', Governor Kalu said in our Corporate office in Kirikiri on
Tuesday.
'When I was elected Governor of Abia, I promised that I would break the
jinx of no Nigerian Club winning the Champions Cup. I did it with Enyimba
and went a step further to retain it back to back.
It is not easy. It takes one who knows and has the interest of sports
to achieve results. It is even bad that Nigeria is not hosting the World
Cup. Nigeria should show example as the giant of Africa but nonetheless,
the Eagles would bring the trophy home for Nigerians with me as their
President', Kalu who is also the Pillar of Sports in Nigeria emphasised.
He said that he would draft President Olusegun Obasanjo to receive the
World Cup from former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.
'I'll make President Obasanjo the envoy to receive the World Cup from
Africa's legend Mandela. It'll be from Mandela to OBJ and he will bring
the Cup to Nigeria', Governor Kalu noted.
He was asked if he had a sports agenda for Nigeria in his manifesto and
he fired back. 'I am the only Presidential candidate that has a sports
agenda. I am a young man who loves sports and I know the game and can
interact with the players and athletes of this country. No other candidate
has anything for sports.
Sports has remained a veritable ground and a political tool which many
countries have employed. We'll take our rightful position in sports in
Africa and the world once I become the President of Nigeria', the Governor
said .
vanguardngr.com,
March 16, 2007.
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