NFF Writes FIFA, Seeks Tenure Elongation For Pinnick

These hoping to succeed Amaju Pinnick because the president of the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) should wait until subsequent 12 months because the Pinnick-led board has written to the Federation of Worldwide Soccer Affiliation (FIFA), looking for for extra time earlier than the elections of the physique will happen.

In a letter despatched to the world physique on Wednesday August 9 and signed by Common Secretary, Muhhamed Sanusi, the outgoing board appealed to the world physique to permit it to carry the forthcoming election subsequent 12 months’s January as an alternative subsequent month September.

Authoritative sources revealed that the letter was already despatched to FIFA earlier than the NFF topshots knowledgeable the board members in an internet platform of the federation.

The plan is to learn the FIFA response on the AGA anticipated to happen subsequent week in Bayelsa State.

The supply added that the members have been irked that just a few individuals on the board took such a choice with out informing others from the start and they’re hoping to make use of the response to increase their tenure on the Annual Common Meeting scheduled for August 16 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

“It’s certainly a taboo. Relatively than get the consent of the board members and the Congress earlier than sending the letter to FIFA, the letter was despatched.

“There isn’t any doubt, just a few individuals on the prime echelon of the present board need to stay in workplace past the September date,” our supply revealed.

There’s a tentative date of August 16 for the AGA in Bayelsa and one other date of September 21 for the elective Congress in a but to be determined venue however it’s clear the present board is reluctant to depart workplace.

“The vast majority of the board members are resolute to take out this present management for thus many causes particularly as a result of a lot of them have been by no means knowledgeable about essential decisive points within the administration of the sport,” our supply added.