The Nigeria Football Federation Electoral Committee has commenced work in preparation for the 2018 NFF Elections scheduled for September 29, 2018.
The Chairman of the committee, Mohammed Sani Katu, at the weekend said a number of meetings have been held already with the objective of ensuring adequate preparedness of the panel for the task at hand.
Kanu said guidelines and timelines would soon be rolled out in line with the provisions of the NFF Electoral Code.
He said: “We have started our work, with a number of meetings. The committee is committed to doing its work fully in line with the dictates of the Electoral Code and to ensure the best-ever NFF Elections come September.
“It is a huge responsibility that we have been saddled with but we are very much equal to the task and will ensure that we stage elections that the winners and the losers would be happy about.”
The members of the NFF Electoral Committee and the NFF Electoral Appeals Committee for the forthcoming elections were elected at the NFF General Assembly that held in Jos, Plateau State on October 19 2017.
It was at one of its recent meetings that the electoral panel elected Katu as its chairman.
Katu heads the electoral body that also has Sani Salawu, S. C. A. Umeha, Olusola Oke and Mohammed Manzo as members, while the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, is the secretary.
Standby members are Hon. Isong Isang and Mohammed Aliyu Sambo.
A. U. Mustapha (SAN), who is also President of the CAF Appeals Panel, heads the NFF Electoral Appeals Committee, with Mojeed Adegbindin and Gbwen Alex Gbejule as members, and NFF Head of Legal Unit, Barrister Okey Obi, as secretary.
Standby members are Sir Emma Ochiagha and Mohammed Zanna Mala.