A former Super Eagles captain, Jay Jay Okocha, has openly admitted that his time as chairman of the Delta State Football Association (DSFA) was a complete failure.
Okocha, who retired from professional football in 2008, took on the role of DSFA chairman in 2015.
Reflecting on his leadership during an interview with Sports Zone on Lagos Talks FM, he acknowledged that he “achieved nothing” during his tenure.
According to him, “I failed woefully as Delta FA chairman. Didn’t complete my tenure, I walked away.
What I saw there was not what I expected. The place was not conducive for me to work. The people I worked with had different opinions, and the best thing for me to do was to walk away, which I did. I will be the first to raise my hand and say I did not achieve anything as Delta football chairman.
A lot of things must be in place because I do not think the structure would allow people like us to succeed. That is the honest truth. The level of corruption in all sectors of Nigeria is too much. And if you are always around people who always have motives, it will not work.”
Okocha was succeeded by Kenneth Nwaomucha as the substantive chairman of DSFA in 2020.
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