TVC E. Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons forward, has advocated for more investments in women football as she believes that if that is done, five years from now, there will be a tremendous improvement.
The Arsenal Ladies player, featured alongside 2012 Fifa Women’s World Player of the Year, Abby Wambach, Samar Nassar (Chief Executive Director of the Local Organizing Committee for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016) and Brigitte Henriques (General Secretary of the French Football Association).
She urged FIFA, African leaders, football administrators and football legends, to assist in promoting women’s football forward.
“Football is creating a lot of opportunity for youths,” Oshoala said, stressing that ” football has helped us to meet people not just in Africa, Nigeria or the world [and] to make the world more fun.
“Religious beliefs in Africa, Nigeria to be precise, there are some parts that believe women are not expected to be involved in sports. There are also cultural beliefs that women are not supposed to play football because it could get them stressed out.
“There’s nothing you can tell these people, they will tell you that their kids are not going to play football. That football is for the men not women.
“We have poor facilities in Africa, talking about the pitches. We sometimes play on sandy and rocky pitches which matters.
“The grass root is the future of football. That’s what I believe. It’s not about what you get now, but it’s about what you can give in now and get later.So we all need to invest in women’s football. If we can invest now, in the next five years we can celebrate the success. I think this more of the things you need to do.
