Insure Eagles for $1m now - Kalu tells NFF

Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to insure the country's national soccer team, Super Eagles for the sum of $1million dollars to change the team's fortunes.

Kalu said in a series of tweets on his Twitter account on Wednesday that the idea of insuring the players of the team is to allow them be more effective when on assignments for the country.

He argued that if the players knew that they were insured, they would play without fear of injury since they know they would be compensated.

The same idea, he noted, worked while he was governor and had control of the state's darling team Enyimba International FC of Aba. It was during that time that Enyimba emerged back-toback champions of Africa in the CAF Champions League in 2003 and 2004.

"In my opinion, the Super Eagles should be insured, just like I insured Enyimba players during my tenure as Abia State Governor.

"Insure the Super Eagles players to the tune of 1 million dollars, and I can assure you that they will play with their all for Nigeria.

"If the players know that in the case of any injury on the pitch, they will be compensated, you will see just how super the eagles will be," Kalu explained.

In the same vein, Kalu criticised Coach Stephen Keshi for making changes to the squad that won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in February against the Harambee Stars of Kenya on Saturday.

According to, Keshi should have just fielded the same squad.

"The game against Kenya only goes to prove that one does not change a winning team. If I were Keshi, I would have paraded the entire Nations Cup team, excluding perhaps, the skipper Joseph Yobo," Kalu said.