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Former Nigeria football scribe, Toro blasts at CAF and Fifa Biennial World Cup plan
Former General Secretary of the then Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Sani Ahmed Toro has faulted last month’s overwhelming endorsement by CAF General Assembly of Fifa’s plans to hold the World Cup every two years instead of the conventional four years the event has been holding since inception in 1930.
In a chat with Sports Village Square,Toro who was the Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian football from 1993 to 1999 remarked that he was in total disagreement with CAF support for Fifa’s plans.
He argued that staging the World Cup every two years will over stress the players.
“Furthermore, clubs will be short-changed for not utilising their strong players during the period of World Cup.”
Apart from upsetting an age-long tradition, “staging the World Cup every two years will take away the glamour of the competition and host countries may not get the required time and funds to prepare and provide the required FIFA standard facilities.”
The former general secretary further argued that the required revenue to be given to participating countries will be grossly less while the domestic leagues of the participating countries will be adversely affected by the calendar change.