NFF Crisis: Former NFF boss heads committee to reconcile warring parties
A one-time President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Colonel Abdulmumini Aminu (retired) is to head a 6-man elders Stakeholders Reconciliation Committee saddled with the task of finding a lasting solution in the lingering crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation.
Other members are former Presidents Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima and Anthony Kojo Williams, Prof. Onye Gyd- Wado, Dr Sam Sam Jaja, and Mr Bolaji Ojo-Oba.
The Committee was set up following a decision taken at the Stakeholders Roundtable on Governance Challenges of the NFF held on July 24, 2018.
Inaugurating the Committee, Barrister Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Youth and Sports noted the crisis has impeded the desired growth and development of football in the country.
“Unless we put aside our parochial interests and differences and work towards the common goal of combating the evil plaguing Nigerian football, it will continue its free fall. This, any responsible government will not allow, hence the need for this committee of distinguished elders.”
Dalung also charged the members “to identify the causes of the current leadership crisis in the NFF, evaluate the dimensions of the leadership crisis and the contribution of actors to the issue, invite both boards of the two factions to the reconciliation table with a view to addressing their concerns towards achieving a sustainable and win-win solution to the crisis and make recommendations to ensure smooth leadership succession without adversely affecting the development and management of football in Nigeria.”
A Secretariat to provide proper documentation of all activities of the Committee comprises Mr Danjuma Muhammed Ag. Dir, Legal Services, Stanley Okebugwu and Reuben Tiyatiye.
The Committee two weeks to submit its report.