The crisis in the Nigerian house of football reached it’s crescent when the world football ruling body, FIFA, finally took the decision to suspend the country’s football federation (NFF),
NFF got the FIFA hammer on account of government interference in football matters.
FIFA said in a statement announcing the ban that elected members of NFF executive committee were prevented from exercising their functions and duties.
Other actions which infuriated the world body included “the stepping down of the acting NFF on the instructions of the football sport commission, the decision of the minister of sports to have the Nigerian league start without relegation from the previous season and the fact that the NFF executive committee can not work properly due to these interferences”.
FIFA however listed some conditions for the suspension to be lifted and they include, that all court actions against football administration in the land should cease and that the duly elected NFF executive committee should be allowed to work without interference. The suspension means that Nigeria
On a bright side,
Nigerian teenager Augustina Nkem Nwakolo claimed the first gold medal in the ongoing commonwealth games. The 17 year old Nigerian claimed her gold in weight lifting, 48kg division. She also set a new game record of 175kg in trhe processs, after lifting 77kg in the snatch and 98kg in the clean and jerk to upset home favourite Soniya Chanu.
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