Why Nigeria doesn’t deserve to be at 2026 World Cup — Analyst

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In response to Nigeria’s performance in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, sports editor and journalist Opeyemi Akinyode stated that the Super Eagles did not merit a spot in the competition.

In an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday, Akinyode responded to DR Congo’s victory over Nigeria.

He attributed the setback to people in charge of sports administration, claiming they are unaware of how complex and demanding the global sports industry has become.

“You can’t give what you don’t have. We don’t deserve to be at the World Cup. Serious teams go via the regular qualifiers; you can’t go through the back doors. Maybe the God of soccer wanted a second chance for us.

“Serious teams are already going to the World Cup. They are already signing media partnerships. But do you know that we barely have an official photographer for the NFF? They pick pictures from bloggers. It’s as simple as that,” he said.

He claimed that Nigeria’s football problems were caused by a persistent recycling process in sports leadership, which discards skill and substitutes mediocrity on the pretext of patronage.

However, the sports editor issued a warning, stating that “this is what we are going to have” and that the outcome of the qualifiers is the inevitable result of such administrative mistakes.

According to ZINGTIE, Nigeria will not participate in the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the US, and Mexico after losing their qualification match against DR Congo.

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