The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Board members led by Aminu Maigari has been sacked by the NFF congress for alleged mismanagement of funds and other charges over the weekend in Abuja.
The Congress also lifted the bans on Taiwo Ogunjobi and Victor Rumson Baribote who were banned by the Alhaji Maigari-led board of the NFF.
Selected delegates from the stakeholders are scheduled to visit FIFA on Tuesday to convene their stand and issues that lead to the dissolution of the Maigari-led board of the NFF.
The following resolutions were made: The Congress expressed heartfelt appreciation to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR in his personal capacity and the Federal Government in general, for total and unflinching support to the Nigeria Football Federation for the development of the Nigeria game.
Members of the NFF commended the players and officials of the Super Eagles for their impressive performance at the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil.
Congress bemoaned the unfortunate incident of the international embarrassment caused the Nigeria nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, by failure of the Aminu Maigari –led NFF to fully and firmly resolve issues of finance with the Super Eagles ahead of the championship.
Congress accused the Maigari administration of shortchanging grassroots development by failure to regularly avail State Football Associations of annual grant, and abuse of NFF Statutes in its constitution of NFF Electoral Committee, by altering the list of persons approved by the Congress at the 2013 General Assembly in Warri, Delta State, and inaugurating a different Committee. A new NFF Electoral Committee and NFF Appeals Committee were constituted.
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