The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Pinnick spoke in the wake of the team’s ouster from the qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday
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Pinnick and Ladipo told the News Agency of Nigeria that though Nigeria failed to secure victory in the game, there was still hope that the national team would berth in Gabon
He said: “I dedicate these award to all our sponsors, who have remained committed to Nigeria football despite the odds and the challenges of the economic situation. We are very proud of them
Tagged: Excellence Recognition Awards, the event will take place at the Balmoral Hall, Kudirat Abiola Way, Oregun in Lagos State and organizers have called it “the last word in appreciating excellence”
The President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick; the 1st Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi; and the General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, flew out of Nigeria on Wednesday morning for the congress, which highlight is the election of a new FIFA president among five men of varying ages and comportment.
Osagie wrote: “The Sun Board of Editors voted you in recognition of your blistering career as a sports administrator and motivator. Your ideas, strategy, energy and drive aimed at transforming the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) into a world class credible, respectable, transparent and accountable body with sustainable business –oriented culture are efficient and effective
The letter from CAF read, inter alia: “Considering indeed that the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup might be held early 2017, and that CAF in odd years do organize three major events back to back, namely the Africa Cup of Nations followed by the U20 and U17 Cup of Nations from January to April 2017, the CAF Executive Committee decided to ease the overall calendar of events by organizing the Beach Soccer Cup of Nations every even years from now on
He said: “Let me congratulate you on the very good job you are doing. Of course leadership is always associated with challenges, so there must be challenges here and there. But the important thing is that your team is putting up great efforts and you are united
The NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, reiterated that the Championship of African Nations is “both developmental and preparatory for bigger challenges” and said without mincing words that the Federation would now shift focus to the qualification race for the bigger Africa Cup of Nations
While dissolving the 20 standing committees and two judicial bodies at the end of the NFF Annual General Assembly in Abuja on December 16, 2015, Pinnick stated that the dissolution was to re-invigorate the committees, make room for more inclusive arrangement and bring in more highly –qualified personalities.
They are Organizing, Finance, Legal, Players’ Status, Sports Medicine, Media and Publicity, Football, Futsal/Beach Soccer, Strategic Studies, Marketing, Sponsorship and Television Advisory, Women’s Football, Protocol and Ceremonial and Youth Football Committees
Incumbent Kwesi Nyantakyi, who is also President of the Ghana Football Association, is challenged by Djibrilla Hima Hamidou of Niger Republic
In the same vein, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has urged the home-based Eagles not to disappoint Nigerians at the championship but to work hard and surpass the country’s CHAN record
“The player is very, very worried in Russia where he is based and he can no longer concentrate on his professional duties
Nigeria’s number one football administrator paid glowing tributes to the contribution of ideas, toil and sacrifices of the Members of the NFF Executive Committee and Management, saying the bountiful harvests that Nigeria football reaped in year 2015 was the handiwork of a united and committed team
“The membership of NFF emergency committee is drawn from across the geopolitical zones, with Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu reappointed as the Chairman of the Technical and Development Committee, representing the South-East
Speaking on Tuesday, the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, said the Minister’s statement and general comments with regards to the monitoring of the players were in tandem with the plans of the Nigeria Football Federation for the glory of the boys
At a simple but impressive ceremony at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, the media giant’s Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Eric Osagie, made it clear that the award is usually presented to a sportsman or woman or an administrator “whose achievements during the period in review had elevated Nigeria sports to heights hitherto unknown”
Pinnick said: “I must start by pouring encomiums on the players and officials of the Golden Eaglets, not just for the victory over Australia that has taken us closer to the objective of retaining the trophy, but also for their general comportment and discipline which has been acknowledged by all at the World Cup in Chile
Pinnick was at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Urua Inyang, venue of the burial mass and charged all those present not to mourn, but to celebrate the life and times of a woman who left behind several children she brought up in the way of the Lord and who have achieved fame in their chosen careers.