Yusuph Olaniyonu: Nigeria’s Future And The Concept Of Foreman

This article was inspired by an audio clip I recently listened to on a social media platform in which the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola narrated the financial, physical, and emotional toil he experienced while trying to sustain his elite football club, Abiola Babes FC, then located in my hometown, Abeokuta.. .. Read ..Full.. Article.. .

As an ardent supporter, I am familiar with the Abiola Babes FC story.

As a student, I would save my transport fare and trek to school to raise the gate fees for the club’s matches in the Challenge Cup either at their home turf which was Asero Stadium, or during the semi-finals and finals, at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Well, this piece is not about Abiola Babes FC. After narrating many extra-ordinary sacrifices he made to sponsor the club in the continental competitions, including driving the bus conveying the players in a foreign country, traveling at odd hours, paying exorbitant fees to charter aircraft, renting hotels, providing feeding, and suffering several humiliations from government of host teams across Africa, Chief Abiola in that audio clip said he wound up the club because he remembered his father’s wise saying, and..  Read . .More