NFF General Assembly endorses candidature of NFF President Amaju Pinnick for election into CAF Executive Committee.
The Nigeria Football Federation has endorsed the candidature of it's
president, Amaju Pinnick for election into CAF's executive committee in
the NFF'S end of year 72nd General Assembly held in Lagos Sunday.
The General Assembly addressed so many issues affecting the football
house and Nigerian football and a communique of the assembly was
released to the public through the NFF's official website, the NFF.com.
Read the full communique after the cut...
1) Congress commended President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) and the Federal
Government as a whole for the prompt action taken to pay players and
officials of the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons their
entitlements for winning the 10th Women Africa Cup of Nations Finals in
Cameroun.
2) The General Assembly endorsed the new Boards of the Nigeria National
League (NNL) and the Nigeria Nationwide League (NNWL) as constituted by a
Selection Committee. The Boards of the two Leagues were immediately
sworn in.
3) In order for Nigeria Football to align itself with the FIFA Integrity
Initiative, Congress adopted the NFF National Integrity Initiative
Strategy, as proposed by the NFF Integrity Unit.
4) General Assembly also adopted the Disciplinary and Ethics Code of the
Nigeria Football Federation as proposed by the Executive Committee.
5) The Congress expressed satisfaction with the explanation provided by
the Executive Committee on a number of issues raised by the Minister of
Youth & Sports (Barr. Solomon Dalung) at the opening ceremony
(division within the Board, FIFA Audit Query and late submission of
memos), and submitted that the Minister was misinformed about the
activities of the Board.
6) Congress noted the submission of the Executive Committee that at no
time previously (official or unofficially) did the Minister raise these
issues with the NFF leadership to obtain clarification, which the
Federation would have gladly provided, just as it did to the House
Committee on Sports during a recent sitting on its budget performance
and budget proposal. Indeed, the audited account of the Federation for
the year, as audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers, an internationally
reputable audit firm, was presented and adopted at the General Assembly.
7) General Assembly empowered the NFF Executive Committee to provide
detailed explanation to the Office of the Honourable Minister on all the
issues raised and to publish them as a matter of public records, for
the avoidance of doubt and for information of the general public, NFF
partners and sponsors.
8) The Chairman, House Committee on Sports praised the leadership of the
Nigeria Football Federation for various achievements recorded during
the period and urged them to remain focused to ensure Super Eagles
qualification for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
9) The Congress expressed appreciation to the Lagos State Government and
the Local Organizing Committee for the successful hosting of the Beach
Soccer Africa Cup of Nations staged by Nigeria – 13th – 18th December, 2016. The body also thanked the Secretary General of FIFA, Mrs Fatma Samoura for attending the championship.
10) Congress elected Alh. Musa Duhu, Chairman of Adamawa State Football
Association, to join the NFF Executive Committee from the North East
geo-political zone, following the demise of Alh Hussaini Modibbo, Member
from that Zone. Duhu was the only candidate for the seat and was
declared “worthy and credible” by the NFF Electoral Committee.
11) The General Assembly passed a Vote of Confidence on the NFF
Executive Committee, and also endorsed the candidature of NFF President,
Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick for election into the CAF Executive Committee
at the CAF Congress in Addis Ababa in March 2017. Congress called on all
Nigerians to give him total support as it is not an NFF venture, but a
Nigerian Project.
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