Thadeus Yilmen, the state Chairman of SWAN, in a statement said as concerned stakeholders in sports development in the country, “we have been following with interest what has been ongoing in the Glass House, however we feel as a body we need to speak out
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The Plateau State owner of Giwa FC, argued that the absence of the continental and world football governing bodies, CAF and FIFA, has no iota of effect on the emergence of his board
He said it was the indomitable spirit of Nigerians that gave them victory, adding: “Though we did not win the ultimate trophy, nobody can deny that our girls made us proud in Canada
While one of the factions, led by the Secretaries of the states Football Associations met at Chida Hotel, the initial venue of the congress, the other faction, made up of 34 Chairmen of FAs, held theirs at a spot where they were detained by operatives of the Department of State Security
Lask week, the football house unbanned the former Secretary General of the federation, Ogunjobi and former Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Adedapo Lam-Adesina, which was part of resolutions reached during an executive committee meeting of the NFF board
The meeting was attended by Alhaji Aminu Maigari, who led his group; Chief Mike Umeh and his group; and the chairman of the Electoral Eommittee, Barrister Amoni Biambo
He also said there was the need for the elections to hold in Abuja in view of certain activities by some individuals preparatory to the elective congress.
He also said there was the need for the elections to hold in Abuja in view of certain activities by some individuals preparatory to the elective congress
Staff members, especially those in the Competitions Department, led by Mohammed Sanusi, were also in the office.
Umeh, who spoke with newsmen after inspecting the damaged secretariat, said the building must have been set on fire by some people who have “something to hide” at the Glass House
“For one, no life was lost, and also the impact is such that though a few offices, including the General Secretary’s office, were affected, this is not enough to affect any of our programmes
Sources told The Eagle Online that the Acting Chairman of the NFF, Chief Mike Umeh, who was the First Vice chairman under Maigari before the current crisis in the football house broke out, stormed out of the meeting.
Umeh is still laying claim to the chairmanship of the Federation
Following a meeting at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja, the Executive Committee disclosed that it would call an Extraordinary General Assembly of Nigeria football for August 26, 2014 to ratify its proposals
The decision was unanimously taken after exhaustive deliberations by the NFF executive committee members at the Glass House in Abuja on Tuesday
The Eagle Online gathered that the Bauchi State football administrator has succeeded in getting the “authorities” to soft pedal on his impeachment, a situation that may see the board making a u-turn on his impeachment
In the Committee’s document tagged: “Executive Summary,” made available to The Eagle Online, the committee recommended the lifting of the ban on Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, Chief Victor Rumson Baribote, Barrister Leye Adepoju, Okenwa Chidi Ofor Nwatu, Jide Fashekun and Jareth Tenebe
Green and Ahmed ‘Fresh’ were suspended from the NFF Executive Committee and banned from football-related activities for different periods on Thursday
While Green bagged six months suspension, Fresh is to stay away from football activities for one year
Reports claimed that the NFF stalwart was quizzed by the DSS over a planned executive committee meeting to review niggling issues concerning the NFF polls and was also queried for trying to chair an executive committee meeting, which would have addressed some of these issues, including the failure of most aspirants to get nomination forms for the August 26 elections into the executive board
Gana, in a telephone interview on Sunday, said the decision was taken at the stakeholders meeting held in Maiduguri, Borno State on Saturday