NFF Election: State FA Chairmen Unaware Of 2022 NFF Elective Congress Date

Quite a few state Soccer Affiliation Chairmen have stated they aren’t conscious of any date for the a lot anticipated 2022 NFF elective congress to happen.

It could be famous that the media house was not too long ago awash with experiences that the NFF had set Saturday August 13, 2022 as date for the Annual Common Meeting the place an electoral committee and election dates could be mentioned.

The Federal Authorities by way of the Ministry of Youths and Sports activities Improvement had ordered the NFF to make sure that the elections are held as quickly as doable as a result of tenure of the current board is about to run out in September.

Reacting to the stated August 13 date for NFF Common Meeting, a state FA affiliation chairman who spoke to Day by day Belief on situation of anonymity stated he was not conscious of the date in circulation.

“For now, now we have not acquired any mail from the NFF. As it’s customary in an official setting, the NFF secretariat will ship us emails telling us about any assembly, congress or some other factor that includes us.

“This upcoming congress includes us and by now, we should always have acquired the mail. Possibly it is going to be despatched afterward however at this second, there’s nothing like that.

“Once more, it’s odd seeing the information on-line. I’ve requested among the different chairmen and none is conscious of the date.

One other FA chairman additionally stated “In a standard setting, we’d have identified concerning the date earlier than the press. On this case, it’s the press giving us the date of our personal elections we’re conducting,” he stated.

In the identical vein, a reputable supply within the sports activities ministry additionally stated the sports activities regulatory physique was but to obtain any letter from the NFF regarding the elective congress.

“As we communicate now, there isn’t a official communication between the sports activities ministry and the NFF regarding the congress,” he stated.

The strain on the NFF to conduct the 2022 elections however the federation has stated that received’t occur except the Bayelsa Excessive Court docket order restraining it from internet hosting the elective congress is vacated.

It could be recalled {that a} board member of Nembe Metropolis, Seigha Obiene, had approached the courtroom in 2021 demanding that the Amaju Pinnick led board be declared unlawful as a result of people who find themselves ineligible voted within the 2014 and 2018.