For the many doubting Thomases who before now have questioned the qualification of the former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu to vie for the presidency of the world football ruling body, FIFA, the initiator of the campaign, Peterside Idah has shed more light on Kalu’s qualification.Speaking exclusively to Daily Sunsports on Tuesday from his base in South Africa, Idah who is a football analyst with South African based cable television outfit, Supersport, stated that he was convinced that Kalu can pull through and emerge the next FIFA President given the former’s pedigree.“For the information of those who think that this is a futile effort and that Kalu is not qualified, let me state clearly that they are wrong. Kalu is eminently qualified to run for the FIFA Presidency. He is not an outsider in the round leather game.“First, he is the owner of the OUK Football Club which has metamorphosed into the Abia Warriors of Umuahia in the Nigeria Premier League. That clearly shows that he has roots. Secondly, this is a man that single handedly took Enyimba of Aba from obscurity to the top of African football, winning the CAF Champions League in 2003 and repeating the feat in 2004. That feat broke a 39-year-old jinx for Nigerian club football.”Idah, noted further that it takes only a man of vision to get the job done and that Kalu if he decides to run will get the full backing of the 54 Africa federations.“Should Kalu decide to run, I think he stands a good chance to emerge victorious. All he needs now is the backing of the Nigeria Football Federation and the endorsement of the Confederation of Africa Football, CAF to run. With the whole of Africa backing him and given his contacts outside the continent, victory could just be his.’
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