Abdulrahman Bello Bada & Ahmed Abubakar Magaji | 61 CARD International Journal of Social Sciences and Conflict Management CARD International Journal of Social Sciences and Conflict Management CARD International Journal of Social Sciences and Conflict Management CARD International Journal of Social Sciences and Conflict Management Volume 2, Number 3 Volume 2, Number 3 Volume 2, Number 3 Volume 2, Number 3, , , , September September September September 2017 2017 2017 2017 ISSN ISSN ISSN ISSN: : : : 2536 2536 2536 2536-7234 7234 7234 7234 (Print) : 2536 (Print) : 2536 (Print) : 2536 (Print) : 2536-7242 (Online) 7242 (Online) 7242 (Online) 7242 (Online) www. www. www. www.casirmediapublishing.com asirmediapublishing.com asirmediapublishing.com asirmediapublishing.com Roles of Government and Private Sectors on Football Organisations in Sokoto State, Nigeria Abdulrahman Bello Bada & Ahmed Abubakar Magaji Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, P.M.B 2346, Sokoto Nigeria Email: bada4sociology@gmail.com Corresponding Author: Abdulrahman Bello Bada ABSTRACT This article provides insight on the roles of government and private sectors in the growth, development and sustainment of football organisations in Sokoto State, Nigeria. The independence of football organisations cannot be achieved without the influence of departments/bodies who work hard to sustain it. Therefore, this paper provides explanation on the need for both government and private sectors to join hands in ensuring self-determination of football organisations due to its positive impact in Sokoto State. Football organisations are imperative to the growth, development and sustainability of soccer in the world. These organisations play a major role in introducing competitions at different levels. Hence, both government and private sectors should join hands together in order to promote developments such as stadium, dressing room, gym, training centre and referees training. This will also create job opportunity to the teeming unemployed youth, creating and promoting economic opportunity to the Nigerian youths. The growth of football organisation will gives people a feeling of unity, joy, hope, solidarity, passion, social connection and love. Keywords: sociological perspective on football, government sector, private sectors, system theory INTRODUCTION Football is considered as one of the most popular sport in the globe (Araújo, Miller, & Manner, 2014). The popularity of football has united the world into one single football nation (Akindes, 2013). The globalisation of different countries in the world with regards to perception on football has change the dynamic nature of social interaction of many countries of the world. Moreover, this opportunity opened ways for social interaction which tends to bring the world very close to each other in positive forms of interaction. Also, a football club or team can travel from one country to