Nigeria’s 2019 AFCON qualifiers, U-20 Women’s team, Enyimba all in danger as FIFA ban looms
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Nigeria’s 2019 AFCON qualifiers, U-20 Women’s team, Enyimba all in
danger as FIFA ban looms
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The Nigerian Football Federation fears that World Governing body, FIFA
may place a ban on the country following a tussle for leadership
within the local organisation.
The country’s football witnessed a new twist after Chris Giwa resumed
at the Glasshouse office of the NFF in Abuja on Monday this past week
as the president of the football body.
Giwa, who was elected as NFF president on 26 August 2014, has been in
a leadership battle with the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF board after an
order from a Jos High Court had stopped the election which brought
Pinnick to office on 30 September 2014.
Giwa reportedly resumed at the Glasshouse with armed policemen to
enforce the Supreme Court judgment.
Giwa’s takeover came after the Ministry of Youth and Sports directed
the NFF to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on
April 27, which restored the orders of the Federal High Court setting
aside the purported election into the Executive Committee of the NFF
held on 30 September 2014.
This whole debacle could result in FIFA stepping in and opposing a ban
before matters are restored.
A ban by FIFA will immediately affect the country’s participation at
the U-20 Women’s World Cup in France in August as well as the 2019
Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in September, as well as Enyimba’s
participation in the CAF Confederation Cup.
Former Gombe State Football Association boss Shuaibu Gara Gombe
believes the NFF crisis has been lingering for too long and called for
a speedy resolution for the benefit of the national teams.
“The reason why this case is in court in the first instance is because
the FIFA Statutes have yet to be domesticated in Nigeria. Once that is
done, there will be a solution to this repeated case of court battles
every four years,” said Gombe on Punchng.com.
“I believe at this point a presidential resolution is necessary for
the benefit of our national teams who will be competing at the World
Cup and qualifiers. The country cannot afford to get a ban for now.”
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