By Tasie Theodore – Owerri<\/p>\n
Chief Fan Ndubuoke (KSC), former national president of the sports writer’s association of Nigeria (SWAN) (1992-
\n1996), has identified the shift from professional excellence to political patronage as one of the most damaging but often overlooked causes of declining creativity in the nation’s sports journalism.<\/p>\n
He expressed sadness that many practitioners no longer pursue mastery of their craft but rather position themselves for government Favour, political connection and easy money. Ndubuoke former chief press secretary to former sports minister, commodore Emeka Omeruah stated this in a paper entitled the Burden of finding a balance between patriotism and professionalisms” the ethnical questions” which he delivered at a workshop organized by Imo SWAN in Owerri.<\/p>\n
According to him the unhealthy situation has retrogressively produced a generation of sports writers who are laid back unmotivated and Unwilling to challenge themselves.<\/p>\n
The former SWAN kingspin who enumerated the consequences of the above to individe loss of investigative spirits erosion of independence and weakening of critical analysis, warned that when journalists become beholden to politicians, sports administrators, agents or scouts, they lose the independent required to elevate the profession dwelling extensively on illegality and the Ponzi structure of sports Administration in the country as well as the foundation of sports governance in the country, Ndubuoke also a former board member, NFA and Pioneer chairman of Imo State Sports Commission noted that when institutions lack lead clarity, they become tools for manipulation, while policies shift with political winds and appointments made on sentiments with funds sent without oversight.<\/p>\n
This is why sports administration in Nigeria’s today resembles a Ponzi scheme money flows from government budget into the hands of a small aide of administrators and their allies while very little reaches athletics coaches or grassroots programmes”.<\/p>\n
Ndubuoke warned that until the nation confront the institutional illegality and Ponzi style governance at the heart of her sports, over talks about professionalism, patriotism, ethnics would remain empty slogans.”<\/p>\n
He also counselled that ethnical journalism demands truth Accuracy, fairness, objectivity, accountability, stressing that the sports writer must resist the temptation of unbalanced reporting that undermine sports manger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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