the country has avoided another
ban by steps taken to dislodge
the Chris Giwa-led faction and
the return to office of Musa
Amadu on Monday
Sep 9, 2014 15:20:56
There is cheering
news for Nigerian
football as Fifa
has accepted the
moves made to
enforce its request for the Chris
Giwa-led faction to quit the Glass
House and allow the general
secretary take charge of affairs
pending when new elections are
held.
This means that Nigeria will now
be able to go ahead with
Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations
qualifier with South Africa. The
Super Eagles already arrived in
Cape Town on Monday.
In a release on its website on
Tuesday, the football governing
body said that its conditions have
been met and it expects an extra-
ordinary general assembly to sit
and pave the way for the
emergence of a legally constituted
executive committee in earnest.
The statements reads: “Fifa has
sent a letter today, 9 September, to
the Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF) confirming that the
conditions set out in Fifa’s letter of
3 September have been met and
that, therefore, the NFF is not
suspended.
“The NFF had been set a deadline
of 8 September to ensure that the
persons claiming to have been
elected to NFF positions vacated
the association’s premises and to
confirm that the NFF General
Secretary could perform his work
without interference.
“In the meantime, Fifa has
received a letter from the NFF with
these assurances and with an
explanation of the positive steps
taken to normalise the situation.
“Responding to the NFF today, Fifa
outlined that it now expects the
NFF Executive Committee to meet
as soon as possible in order to
convene an extraordinary general
assembly to decide on the
roadmap leading to the elections,
which should be open to all
persons complying with the NFF
statutes and regulations.
“Fifa also emphasised that should
the electoral process be affected
by any interference or mishap, the
case would be referred to the
appropriate FIFA bodies and that
FIFA would monitor the situation
as the NFF progresses towards the
elections,” Fifa said.
However, there might still be
problems ahead as some officials
in the faction led by Chris Giwa
have filed a suit with the Court of
Arbitration for Sport urging the
Lausanne-based agency to stop
Fifa from implementing any
decisions against it.

atleast nigerians and football loving fans shud be happy with this... South Afrika vrs NIGERIA on ma phuckinn mhind...

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