ANAMBRA STATE FOOTBALL ELECTIVE CONGRESS REJECTS CARETAKER.

Twenty delegates and members of the Anambra state football Association Elective Congress met in Awka on Thursday with a promise to remain united in their resolve to stand by the outcome of the August 2nd Virtual election that returned incumbent chairman, Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah for a second term in office.

The meeting which was summoned by the acting secretary Emeka Rapheal, had in attendance congressmen representing the various zonal football bodies, referees and coaches association among others.

Rising from Thursday’s meeting, the congress which is the highest decision making body of the State Football Association resolved as follows

1. That the election of Monday August 2 was done in accordance with all the laid down laws governing the conduct of state football association elections and in line with the Nigeria football federation statutes.

2. That the Congress will not support any other election or participate in any process leading to fresh election as they remain committed to the outcome of the August 2, 2020 virtual election

3. That the congress will do everything humanly possible to retain their pride in the light of recent developments

4. Congress is also disassociating itself from the Caretaker committee that was recently inaugurated and has adviced the Electoral committee not to have anything to do with these impostors

Meanwhile, information reaching us has it that the Anambra State Football Congress have concluded plans to petition CAF and FIFA on this matter.

Note that all the state football associations are independent bodies going by the statutes establishing them and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has no powers to recall or rule over decisions taken by the congress.

In this case , Anambra State Football congress is the ultimate and independent decision making body of football in Anambra merely affiliated to the NFF in line with FIFA status and comprises of the following

Club/Academy Owners,
Referees Association,
Players Union, Women Football League,
Coaches Association,
Amatuer League Representatives,
Premier League Representatives.

The above mentioned groups who were all represented at the meeting re affirmed their solidarity and firm believe in the Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah led leadership in the last four years hence their unanimous decision to stand by his re- election.

They vowed to resist and save football from the government imposed caretaker malaise currently going on in the state.