World football-ruling body, FIFA, yesterday accepted the resignations of principal officers of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, and pledged to continue the engagement with the Government of Nigeria, the NFF administration and the Confederation of African Football on a new road-map for comprehensive reforms of Nigeria football.
At a meeting inside FIFA House in Zurich, Switzerland attended by FIFA, CAF, CAF advisors, National Sports Commission, NSC and NFF Administration, it was agreed to proceed with engagements and interactions to fine-tune a road-map that will ensure the delivery of the expected reforms both in the short, medium and long term and to ensure that an inclusive new NFF emerges going forward and with the enabling environment, peaceful and stable to be in position to deliver success both on and off the pitch for the benefit and growth of Nigeria Football.
Chairman of the NSC, Mallam Shehu Dikko led the Nigeria delegation, which also included the DG of the NSC, Hon. Bukola Olopade, former NFF President and ex-FIFA Council Member, Amaju Pinnick (who attended the meeting in his official capacity as Special Advisor to the CAF President and Deputy Chairman of the FIFA Men’s National Teams’ Competitions Committee, NFF Ag. General Secretary, Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme and NFF’s Director of Legal Services, Okey Obi, CAF 2nd Vice President Kurt-Okraku and FIFA’s Director of Member Associations (Africa), Gelson Fernandes.
Caption: FIFA President Infantino (fourth from left), Dikko (fourth from right), Olopade (second from left), Pinnick (third from left), Ikpeme (second from right), Okraku (third from right, Obi (left) and Fernandes (right) at FIFA House, Zurich on Tuesday.
“Mutual engagement among the NSC, the NFF administration and the Confederation of African Football is ongoing with FIFA on the comprehensive reforms of Nigeria football, including agreeing a road-map going forward in accordance with the relevant rules, regulations and Statutes, and indeed there is no doubt Nigeria football will emerge much better and properly–structured after the conclusion of this process,” stated NSC Chairman, Mallam Dikko.
