This follows a formal notification given FIFA by the NFF about details and true situation of the latest leadership tussle in the Nigerian soccer governing body.
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The First Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, stated this while reacting to the players’ social media obsession.
Seyi Akinwunmi, the First Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation, disclosed from Russia on Tuesday.
Nigeria Football Federation First Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi, made the disclosure at a media parley in St Petersburg on Tuesday.
Akinwunmi Seyi Akinwunmi told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos that the NFF had confidence in the team.
Speaking at the inauguration in Lagos on Monday, NFF 1st Vice President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, who stood in for the NFF President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, underscored the importance of the media in the promotion and development of football business.
The NFF 1st Vice President/Chairman, Legal Committee, Seyi Akinwunmi, said the NFF Board appreciated the reasoning of the apex court in refusing the prayers of the appellants.
NAN reports that as part of Governor Akinwumi Ambode’s policies of driving the state economy through sports and creating enabling environment for sports to thrive, the government remodeled Agege Township Stadium.
It is the first time that the nation’s football-governing body is organizing an Awards ceremony to reward and inspire the major actors and actresses in the Nigerian Football space
At an impressive ceremony in the expansive grounds of the brewing giant in Lagos, the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, and NB Plc’s Managing Director/CEO, Jordi Borrut Bel, pledged the total commitment of their establishments to every letter of the contract
The NFF 1st Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi, who is chairman of the project, told dignitaries and media representatives in Lagos on Tuesday that the Federation decided time was ripe for The NFF Awards as the stock of Nigerian football is on the upward trajectory
He said: “We decided it was the right time to launch a project to recognise and reward excellence in Nigerian Football. Fortunately, we found a worthy partner in Lagos State, the Centre of Excellence, and with a Governor who is a lover of excellence.
The NFF 1st Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi, explained that Rohr, initially taken on board in July 2016, deserved the extension after qualifying the Super Eagles for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals, even with a match to spare.
Sponsored by the 1st Vice President of Nigeria Football Federation, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, the show-stopping event has over the years attracted leading administrators, top-drawer artistes and ex-international footballers to the finale, while a number of promising talents have been unearthed during the youth competition.
In a statement issued by the NFF Communication Department and signed by Ademola Olajire, Akinwunmi hailed the organisation of age-grade competitions.
Akinwunmi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the regional tournament would serve as a tune-up tournament for the clubs.
Following the dissolution on Monday, the NFF Board had promised to reconstitute the committees within a few weeks
Pinnick, also a member of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football, was thrown up in the air by Super Eagles’ players as the spontaneous celebrations at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium became elaborate
Akinwumi told newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos that the zonal of the 2ndEdition of the NFF/Zenith Bank U-13/U-15 Future Super Eagles Stars Tournament would hold in Kano in September.
Pinnick, while speaking at the Lagos State Football Association’s Ekofootball Review Public Presentation on Wednesday, said the project, to be financed by a major partner of the NFF, will see six such projects completed in Jigawa, Osun, Bayelsa, Borno, Kwara and Abia States before the end of this year