Browsing: Aminu Maigari

Unless Giwa shifts his position, it appears that the nation will be suspended by FIFA

The committee had on Thursday summoned all parties involved in the crisis to appear before it alongside the Sports Minister, Tammy Danagogo

The NFF has been given till midnight of Monday, September 1, 2014 to comply or face sanctions

Present at the meeting with the Sports Minister were Ambassador Giwa; NFF 1st Vice President, Chief Obinna Ogba; Executive Committee members – Chief Effiong Johnson (Chairman of Chairmen), Hon. Sani Fema, Chief Felix Amaechi Obuah and Adams Yahaya

Danagogo said by both resignation and tenure expiration, Maigari’s time at the Glass House was over

The NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, disclosed that the NFF Congress will fashion out a roadmap that will usher in open, transparent and credible elections

There was a fire outbreak at the secretariat, popularly called the Glass House, that affected the offices of the General Secretary and the Chief Accountant

The minister claimed that the resolutions reached during his meetings with the Aminu Maigari-led faction and the Mike Umeh-led faction of the NFF was that the elections will hold as scheduled on August 26

The Electoral Committee Chairman, Amoni Biambo, in a statement stated that the committee has satisfied the 60 days period before the elections and has screened all candidates and released names of qualified ones

It was said to have started from the third floor, which hosts the office of the Chairman of the Federation, Aminu Maigari.

Maigari was last month impeached by a majority of the NFA board members, but FIFA had insisted that this had breached procedure

This was amid a mild drama as both Maigari and the Acting President of the NFF, Mike Umeh, who arrived at the NFF secretariat before his former boss, occupied the same office for several hours

Glass House in Abuja to strategise on how to consolidate its hold, warning the reinstated president not to bother resuming at the secretariat of the football federation on Monday

The Minister, who spoke against the background of the accusation that he has shown more than a passing interest in the crisis rocking the Nigeria Football Federation, said he had been neutral

Danagogo announced the reinstatement of Maigari at a news conference in Abuja

The development is coming on the heels of another apparent face-off between the Executive Committee of the NFF under the leadership of its Acting Chairman, Mike Umeh, and world’s football governing body, FIFA

Umeh said the letter, which has been interpreted by the media to mean the restoration of Maigari to his position, was far from being so

The world’s football governing body also expressed disapproval at the removal of some members of the Electoral Committee properly set up by the congress

Maigari was initially sacked by a court in Jos, Plateau State.

The Chairman of the Electoral Committee, Amoni Biambo, who briefed newsmen on Wednesday, said the disqualification of Odegbami followed his failure to attach the receipt of his intent form to the form when he submitted it