Fifa has confirmed that African champions
Nigeria have avoided a ban from global
football.
The threat of suspension was lifted after Aminu
Maigari was allowed to continue as president
of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
His position has been questioned by Chris
Giwa, whose election last month Fifa refused
to recognise.
"Conditions in our correspondence of 3
September have been complied with and the
NFF is not suspended," said Fifa.
However, Fifa warned that further
complications in holding elections will lead
to a ban. Maigari's main task now is to plan for
elections to be held as soon as possible for the
NFF presidency and board members.
"We inform you that should the electoral
process be affected by any interference or
mishap, the case will be referred again - and
without prior notice or warning - to the
appropriate Fifa bodies for immediate
suspension of the NFF until the next Fifa
Congress," the letter stated.
Fifa's next congress is in May 2015.
Giwa had claimed to have been elected NFF
president on 26 August but Fifa did not
recognise him and gave him a deadline of
Monday morning for him to step aside.
He failed to appear at the NFF offices on
Monday and a case has been taken to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport on behalf of
Giwa's committee.
A Fifa suspension could have led to Nigeria
missing Wednesday's Africa Cup of Nations
qualifier in South Africa.
Nigeria won the 2013
Africa Cup of Nations
tournament, beating
Burkina Faso 1-0 in the
final
The Confederation of African Football said last
week that the Super Eagles would be kicked
out of the 2015 qualifying campaign if they
failed to play the fixture.
The first person back into the NFF
headquarters in Abuja to resume his duties was
general secretary Musa Amadu resumed work
at the federation's offices in Abuja on Monday.
"It has been a difficult time for our football
but everything is over now," Musa Amadu told
BBC Sport on Monday.
"Our attention should shift towards moving
our football forward because the country's
football has gone through a tough period.
"The next step is to have an extra-ordinary
assembly that will set a date for elections for
the new executive committee.
"It is important to emphasise that this will not
happen beyond 25 September, as directed by
Fifa."
Nigeria were banned from global football for
nine days in July for government interference
in the running of the football federation when
Maigari was forced out of his post by a court
ruling.
After his reinstatement, he was voted out of
office by the NFF's executive committee a few
days later. However, Fifa did not accept this
and Maigari was once again back as president
in August.