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Ogbonna Nwuke, a member of the house of representatives, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to build a new Super Eagles from the domestic league. 

With the country’s failure to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the lawmaker has called on the NFF to look inwards and pick new players that should form the nucleus of the national team.

“We need to lay appropriate foundations. It’s not just enough to depend on our boys who are being tutored abroad by foreign coaches,” he told NAN.

“I believe that the time has come to fully establish the Nigerian league. The time has also come for coaches here to look further inwards. There are talents everywhere. Those who are playing abroad began their career at home .They were not made abroad.

“So, if we remove politics from football and we bring in proper football administrators, then we can begin to bring Nigerian football right on track.”

Nwuke also said that Africa would miss Nigeria in the AFCON to be hosted by Equatorial Guinea.

“I think the world and indeed, Africans will miss Nigeria’s absence. We bring some touch to the game,” he said.

“The way we play, the way we celebrate, even the way we sing when the game is on.

“Africans will be wondering why a former champion fizzled out when it matters most. But, that’s the game. It’s always said in sports, ‘let the best win’. “