Alhassan Yakmut, a sports administrator, says commercialisation of the female football league will address the gender parity in Nigeria.
Claire MomAlhassan Yakmut, former director-general of the National Sports Commission, says commercialisation of the female football league will address the gender parity in Nigeria.
The sports administrator said the federal government’s investment in the female football league would not only empower women but also set the country up for high economic returns, given the outstanding performance of women in sports. “Margaret Thatcher tried that in 1980. She gave 200m pounds to the English premier league and now the return of investment in the English premier league is related much higher than any mining industry. So, you touch the league in England, you’re touching the economic health of that country and that is what we can re-create in Nigeria.
On her part, Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello, executive director of FAME Foundation, said although women in the Nigerian sports ecosystem had been treated unfairly, actions can be taken to improve the outcome in the long run.
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