Nigeria's president has suspended his nation's football team from international competition for two years after a poor showing at the World Cup.

Special presidential adviser Ima Niboro told reporters the decision by Goodluck Jonathan will "enable Nigeria to reorganise its football".

The Nigerian Football Federation is to be dissolved and an interim board appointed, the BBC understands.

Nigeria were knocked out in the group stages without winning a game.

Niboro said: "President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that Nigeria withdraws from international competition for two years to enable the country to put its house in order.

"This directive became necessary following Nigeria's poor performance in the ongoing World Cup."

The president also plans an audit of the country's World Cup organising committee.

"If any financial misappropriation is discovered, all officials responsible will be held accountable," Niboro added.

The NFF released a statement apologising to "all football-loving Nigerians" for the country's early exit from South Africa.

"No previous board has qualified Nigeria for all major tournaments internationally," the statement read, adding that officials wanted Swedish coach Lars Lagerbeck to remain at the helm.

Rotimi Amaechi, head of a special presidential task force on the World Cup campaign, said Nigeria would write to football's world governing body Fifa to explain its decision.

"We went to the World Cup and found all sorts of problems and we felt we should sit back and look inward," Amaechi told reporters.

Under Fifa rules, government interference with national teams is strictly forbidden.

"At the time of writing, we have no official information on this matter," a Fifa statement read.

"However, in general, Fifa's position regarding political interference in football is well known. Our statutes do not allow for any political interference."

Nigeria's risks their national and club teams, plus referees, being banned from all international competitions - and their officials would not be allowed to attend meetings or events.

Nigeria were set to begin their bid to qualify for the 2012 African Nations Cup finals in September against Madagascar.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8777118.stm

Mr. Goodluck Jonathan is just clueless.

[size=14pt]ROFLMAO!!! [/size]

one thing about this man though . . . he sure knows how to get himself into some of the wackiest of reports. . . . lol

Since when did the Government decides what goes on in football?

***Ooh shite, is it not Nigeria?***

They'll be suprised when FIFA decides to make it a 10 year ban.

He reminds of somebody else: General Sani Abacha.

Nigeria will not cease to amaze me.

Fifa should go to hell,they are just another corporate monsters that will always rule the mind of blackman.

^^^

What has Fifa got to do with this?

Nigeria is dead as a country,not in any away better than somalia,but the only difference is that nigerians are too placid to take up arms,nigerians will rather be flogged,beaten,wrecked and downgraded by the system than to oppose the oppression or think outside the box.

Somebody has to put nigeria together,it is either going to be a mental revolution or a bloody one

_{Nigerian newspapers are asleep as usual, didn't even make their headline}

"No previous board has qualified Nigeria for all major tournaments internationally," the statement read, adding that officials wanted Swedish coach Lars Lagerbeck to remain at the helm.

Coaching who and playing against who

This Johnny boy just come!!

Dis Guy:

_{Nigerian newspapers are asleep as usual, didn't even make their headline}

Coaching who and playing against who

This Johnny boy just come!!

The players who would be training for the two years from villages,local governments, jobless people ,secondary skool

This is good and bad
It is 50/50
It will help organize our football
we have already missed AFCON 2012 as if we succedd with wonderful players where would they be tested internationally
And if FIFA suspends us the players MAY say no competition for us , we are leaving we cant wait for years again lets go looking for a job


Like i said 50/50

Please re-organisation of football does not mean we will go and pluck farmers and try to teach them to play football.

Most useless president in history

FoolishBoy419:
Most useless president in history

Buhari you mean?

FoolishBoy419:
Most useless president in history

Yes you are right about Buhari

SalamRushdie:

Yes you are right about Buhari

You need more iron and vitamin K

monkautos:

Buhari you mean?

Your head is paining you right?