Has The Youth And Sports Minister Sacked The NFF Board? (UPDATED)

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Has The Youth And Sports Minister Sacked The NFF Board? (UPDATED)

Reports making the rounds has indicated that the Amaju Pinnick led
board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is on the verge of
being made history as the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung orders for
a sack of the entire board.


File Photo: Amaju Pinnick with the embattled FIFA president Blatter.
Does the same fate await his NFF led board?
This follows an earlier press release signed by his media aide,
Nneka Anibeze on Tuesday, December 22, ordering the NFF to desist
from the sale of players.


A statement made available to Naij.com sports on wednesday evening
insinuated that the Minister has ordered the NFF to respect court
injunction and allow Ambassador Chris Giwa to take over the NFF
leadership.


The statement read in parts: “interesting times seem to have returned
to Nigerian sports and indeed football as the Sports Minister,
Solomon Dalung has started to make his dreams clear about how he
wants Nigerian football to be managed.


“Indications are that the Minister has ordered that the NFF leadership
must respect all court orders pending his assumption of office as the
Sports Minister. He noted that there have been flagrant abuse of
court orders by the past leadership and there was urgent need to
correct the trend.


“Sources said the Minister make the declaration at a meeting with the
NFF Executive Committee, during which he declared that all will not
be good for Nigerian football, if court orders, including those that
have given on the way forward have been flouted. He therefore
ordered that Barrister Chris Giwa, who was ordered back into the
fold of the NFF leadership but the decision was flouted should now
be immediately respected.