Abuja on Tuesday to draw up a new roadmap leading to the conduct of
NFF elections, it was agreed on Sunday evening.
The decision came after a serious disagreement over the schedule as
the sports minister had asked that the election be held along with
general assembly on the same day contrary to the position of the world
football governing body, FIFA.
The General Assembly, which was earlier scheduled for Warri, Delta
State, will now be in Abuja and the session is expected to commence at
4pm, with Chairmen and Secretaries of the Football Associations of the
36 states and the FCT attending, according to the NFF spokesperson,
Ademola Olajire. Also expected to attend the meeting in Abuja are the
chairmen and secretaries of the various leagues, coaches association,
referees association and players' union.
NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu explained that a three-hour meeting
at the office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, resolved, "That the NFF Congress fashion out
a roadmap that will usher in open, transparent and credible elections
that will be acceptable to world football governing body, FIFA and
world football community at large.
"It has been agreed that the Congress take place in Abuja instead of
Warri, but there will be no elections on Tuesday, 26th August. The
Congress will only fashion out a roadmap for the elections, with the
elective Congress expected to come up not later than two weeks after
the Congress of Tuesday, 26th August."
Last week FIFA addressed a letter to the NFF President, Alhaji Aminu
Maigari approving the proposal for the General Assembly to work out a
new roadmap and also decide on the composition of the Electoral
Committee and the Electoral Appeals Committee. The letter was signed
by Deputy Secretary General, Markus Kattner.
The letter read, "We take note of the decision of the NFF Executive
Committee to ask the members of the upcoming congress on 26 August
2014 to consider a new roadmap for the elections, which should be held
by no later than two weeks after the congress. We also understand from
your correspondence that the members of the congress will also decide
on the composition of the electoral committees whose legitimacy had
been put in doubt by some members.
"The congress being the highest decision making body of any football
association, we approve of the above plan, and as previously stated we
are supportive of an electoral process that is free and open to
everybody, thereby fulfilling the requirements of the NFF
regulations."
Source: PUNCH.
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