Nigeria is not worth dying for - Eguavoen

One of the icons of Nigerian football Stephen Keshi, former teammate, Augustine Eguavoen has expressed disappointment over government’s negligence of the late coach. Keshi was laid to rest in his home town in Illah, Delta state, and it was the Delta state government that funded and organized all the activities surrounding the burial ceremony. Eguavoen complained about not getting remunerated while in service for the nation, saying he was surprised with government’s behaviour and wondered if the country was worth dying for. Austin Eguavoen “I am not shocked by the way the government has treated this event. “For instance, most of us are yet to get the houses the government promised us when we won the Nations Cup in 1994. You are only energized when you have been looked after. “You now wonder if Nigeria is worth fighting for or even dying for,” Olisatv quoted the man fondly referred to as Cerezo to have said. According to reports, sports minister Solomon Dalung said that government wanted the funeral to be held after the Rio Olympics which Keshi’s family rebuffed and went on to bury their own. Keshi died on June 8 in his Benin home after complaining of leg pain and he made his final journey home as he was buried Friday, 29 July, in his home town. The Big Boss as he was fondly called made history in 2013 when he won Nigeria’s third Nations Cup to become only the second man after Egypt’s Mahmoud El Gohary to win the tournament as a player and coach