BEVERLY HILLS, August 14, (THEWILL) – FIFA Tuesday gave Nigeria until August 20 to end the leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF or risk automatic ban.
Amaju Pinnick and Chris Giwa have been at the centre of the unending power struggle with the former receiving FIFA’s endorsement.
FIFA in a statement warned that if the NFF offices are not handed back to the legitimate NFF executive committee under Pinnick, who was duly elected on 30 September 2014, the NFF will be suspended with immediate effect for contravening FIFA rules.
“In line with art. 16 par. 1 of the FIFA Statutes, the Bureau of the FIFA Council decided that if by Monday, 20 August 2018, at 12:00 (CET), the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) offices are not handed back to the legitimate NFF executive committee under President Amaju Melvin Pinnick, who was duly elected on 30 September 2014, the NFF will be suspended with immediate effect for contravening art. 14 par. 1 i) and art. 19, as well as art. 14 par. 1 a) of the FIFA Statutes. The suspension would be lifted only once the NFF, under President Amaju Melvin Pinnick and General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi, confirms that it has been given back effective control of the NFF and its offices.
“Furthermore, the Bureau decided that if the suspension of the NFF takes effect, the Nigerian team currently competing in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup France 2018 will still be allowed to continue to participate in the tournament on an exceptional basis given that the tournament is underway.”
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