Nigeria is a collateral damage – Burna Boy

Lescott and Ashley Cole join Carsley’s temporary coaching staff for England.

Ahead of the forthcoming UEFA Nations League fixtures, Lee Carsley, the senior men’s football manager for England, has revealed his backroom staff.

Tim Dittmer, the head of coaching for the FA, along with former Three Lions players Ashley Cole and Joleon Lescott, will provide Carsley with support.

With the U21s, the trio helped secure the 2023 U21 European Championship championship, thus they have a wealth of experience from that time.

This was revealed in a statement published on the Three Lions website on Friday.

Burna Boy’s remarks highlight his continued outspokenness on issues affecting Nigeria, as “he urged for more accountability and better leadership to prevent the country from being treated as expendable in global and local affairs.”

His comments have sparked discussions across social media, with many echoing his sentiments about the need for change.

Burna Boy shared his thoughts about how Nigeria as a country came to be during the interview with Tidal.

He noted that Nigeria as a country was never meant to exist and it is “nothing but the result of a bad business enterprise entered into by the British”, nothing “but the collateral damage of a business deal gone south.”

He noted that “the area called Nigeria was first known as the Niger Area before the Royal Niger Company acquired it.

“After it was acquired, the Royal Niger Company decided to amalgamate the North and South as against running them as separate entities, and it was at this point that the country Nigeria was birthed.

The Afro-fusion star noted that “when the amalgamation was going to happen, the Niger Company and the British who sold Nigeria didn’t take into consideration those living in the region.

“The two entities that sold and bought the Niger Area, the people living there were nothing but collateral damage.”