NFF Executive Committee meets, takes major decisions; Congratulates Super Eagles for AFCON qualification

The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated the Super Eagles on their qualification for the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament.

The NFF Committee at their recent meeting, also, took decisive decisions on key football issues in the country.

This was contained in a communique relaying resolutions from the Committee’s meeting on Wednesday June 21 in Abuja.

The highpoints in the communique include that:

(1) The Board directed the Technical and Legal Departments to work at a much faster pace to produce guidelines for the establishment of Football Academies in Nigeria, insisting that the guidelines were long overdue as a result of the mushrooming of all manner of ‘Football Academies’ across the land.

2) After a presentation by the General Secretary on the plans for a Send-Forth Dinner and a 15-day camping programme for the Super Falcons ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand (holding 20th July – 20th August this year), the Board charged the nine-time African champions to marshal their best efforts to produce a record outing at this year’s championship, which will be the biggest and most colourful in the history of the competition.

3) The Board unanimously expressed satisfaction and delight with the efforts put into the organization of the just-concluded Nigeria Premier Football League season and the NPFL Playoff Championship by the Interim Management Committee headed by Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye, and declared without mincing words that the Committee has fulfilled its mandate with distinction.

4) For its dedication to the task and the unwavering commitment to ensuring fidelity to the Statutes and the Electoral Code, as well as best practices, the Board praised its State Elections Monitoring Team for the success recorded in the conduct of the elections so far and encouraged it to keep working hard until elections in all the States have been appropriately conducted. It noted and approved the constitution of Normalization Committees for States where rules and regulations were flouted, and best practices jettisoned for personal interests.

5) The Board promised to, within the next two weeks, constitute the Governing Boards for the Nigeria National League (NNL), the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) and the Nationwide League One (NLO).

6) The Board approved, with immediate effect, an increase in the number of persons in each of the Federation’s standing committees to seven (7), from the five (5) provided for in the Statutes.

7) For its consistent good efforts, drive and swiftness in implementation of policies enunciated by the Board, and its accomplishment of given tasks and assignments, the Board gave kudos to the NFF Secretariat headed by the General Secretary and challenged it to continue to improve in the discharge of its tasks, duties, assignments, functions and responsibilities.

In attendance at the meeting were Ibrahim Musa Gusau (President); Felix Anyansi-Agwu (1st Vice President); Yusuf Ahmed (Member); Babagana Kalli (Member); Sharif Rabiu Inuwa (Member); Ganiyu Majekodunmi (Member); Sunday Dele-Ajayi (Member); Aisha Falode (Member); Nse Essien (Member); Margaret Icheen (Member); Timothy Heman Magaji (Member) and Mohammed Sanusi (Secretary).