Congress Member Fumes As Roadmap For Elections Missing In NFF AGA Agenda

It will be fight to finish in Lagos on Thursday, 18th August, 2022 when the postponed Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Annual General Assembly (AGA) will be finally held.

With just one month to the end of the present NFF board, Congress members of the apex football body expected that major agenda in the General Assembly is setting a roadmap for the September elections. The roadmap includes, appointment of Electoral Committee, Appeal Committee, date as well as venue for the Elective Congress.

However, it was revealed that all these were missing in the Agenda of the AGA sent to the Congressmen.

Infuriated by this act, Chairman of Rivers State Football Association, Barrister Chris Green on Sports Salza on Kenny's 104.1fm on Tuesday said the congress will force the elections agenda on the NFF adding that members will do everything in making sure that the Elections are held in September.

"People keep doing the wrong thing and I will try to correct them. We (NFF) are calling for AGA and this suppose to usher in the process or roadmap to election come this September, but keep giving excuses of non-existence court order. The same court order the plaintiff has filed to abandon the matter.

He continued, "First the agenda has to be changed. This AGA is more than normal Annual General Meeting when you have account etc. This one is a special one.

"We are going to have a roadmap to the election in September, from the agenda I have it didn't mention anything about election. They need to set up an electoral committee but it is not on the agenda.

"But we can change the agenda at the venue. It is very possible whether majority or minority of us want that done because we must have election this September.

It is not possible for them to stay longer than their time. In 2014, the election that brought present administration was done within one week.

Speaking on whether FIFA have vital role to play in the elections, he said, 

It (NFF election) is an internal affair people keep deceiving people about FIFA there is no part in the statute that said FIFA must be there. 

He cleared the air on the six months gap to set up roadmap for elections as contained in the electoral code.

"You will juxtapose which part of the statute that stated six in between NFF Elections. There is nothing like that in it and when it (statute) conflict with electoral code, which one prevail? Electoral code or statute of the NFF? The statute of the federation prevails if that is suppose to be the case why did we have election in warri in 2014 in less than two weeks.