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Following the election of a new president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, the world football governing body, FIFA, has warned Nigerian football authorities that it will not hesitate to wield the big stick against the country should any of the processes already gone through be tampered with again.
Only on Tuesday, 30 September, 2014, the chairman of Delta State Football Association, Amaju Pinnick was elected new NFF president in Warri Delta State.
Acknowledging the election of Pinnick as new NFF boss, FIFA, in a letter dated 2nd October, 2014 and signed by FIFA Secretary General, Jerome Valcke, commended Musa Amadu (NFF scribe) and the NFF Executive Committee on what has been done, in line with the world body’s directives.
“We would like to congratulate the members of the new board on their election and are confident they are committed to continuing the development of football in Nigeria.,” the FIFA letter read.
It added that: “We would also take this opportunity to praise the NFF and especially you on what has been achieved in recent weeks despite the various difficulties“We now expect the NFF and its new leadership to carry out its activities without any hindrance in order to avoid having to again refer the case to the appropriate FIFA bodies for an automatic suspension as stated in our previous correspondence.
“We thank you once again and are looking forward to continuing to work closely with the NFF for the benefit of the numerous lovers of Nigerian football.”
Meanwhile, moments after the results of the NFF election were announced on Tuesday, one of those that participated in the voting process threatened to return to office, insisting that the cancelled elections were are still legitimate
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