Aftermath of Pinnick’s election loss: Sanni Toro charges NSC, NFF leadership to focus on World Cup qualification

Following the inability of Nigeria’s Amaju Pinnick to retain his position as a member of FIFA Executive Council, former NFA Secretary General, Alhaji Sanni Toro has charged the leadership of National Sports Commission and the Nigeria Football Federation to put their houses in order so as to motivate, plan and strategize on how Nigeria can qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

Pinnick, a former NFF President Wednesday scored 28 votes, only one short of both Ahmed Yahya of Mauritania and Souleman Hassan Waberi of Djibouti, who each scored 29 votes to make it to the exalted panel of World Football Governing body .

According to Alhaji Toro, now that the election has been won and lost, the country’s football administrators must think outside the box on how Nigeria will qualify for the next World Cup noting that the country cannot afford not to be at the Mundial.
“My advise to our sports administrators is that they should put the recent FIFA Executive Council election behind them and forge a common front on how Nigeria will qualify for next year’s World Cup
” They should realize that the forthcoming qualifying games between the Super Eagles, Rwanda and Zimbabwe is very crucial to our having any hope of being at the world cup and as such everybody must work together towards ensuring that the Super Eagles win both games to brighten their chances of qualification.

“I also want our sports administrators to remember that the disappointment of missing out on the 2022 World Cup after losing to Ghana in the playoffs remains fresh in the minds of Nigerian fans and as such
the country cannot afford not to be at the World Cup to be hosted by United States Canada and Mexico”, he concluded