Sanction Those That Brought Nigerian Football To Disrepute- Jalla
Chairman, Advocacy for Nigeria Football Reform Initiative Prince Harrison Jalla, said there’s need to sanction all those that brought the country’s football to disrepute, insisting that’s the only way to bring sanity to the country’s football administration.
In a press statement he personally signed, Jalla particularly identified those to be sanctioned to include the group that in 2014, held football in the country in a suffocating grip until the approval of the ongoing reform initiative by FIFA and CAF.
“My take is that all individuals from 2014 to date who held the country’s football to ransome should be permanently banned from participating in any capacity in the future administration of Nigeria football.
” In doing this, I recommend that all those who recklessly and with impunity mismanaged the resources of the NFF over the last 12 years and ran our football aground must be declared persona non grata. Those who served as members of the last three NFF boards should never consider themselves welcome in the new dispensation.
“The transition process is simply intended to usher in a new beginning for Nigeria football, not to dress up old members in new garments. The Normalisation Committee must ensure a new order by putting measures in place to investigate past corrupt NFF officials and recover their looted funds.
He reminded Nigerians that presentations were made to FIFA on the need for equal voting rights for the five statutory members of the NFF, as well as equal representation of the five statutory members on the NFF Board and Congress, warning that no attempt should be made to alter or manipulate the process under any guise.
Jalla posited that stakeholders expect the Normalisation Committee to remain neutral, fair and transparent in its roadmap and in the pathway to a new NFF Board, even as he stated that any attempt directly or indirectly, by any group or individual to hijack, control or manipulate the ongoing transition process will be seriously resisted.
He finally reminded Nigerians that ETIM ESIN IS PLUS ONE TODAY!
“One of Nigeria’s greatest midfielders of all time, Etim Esin, is a year older today. Let’s celebrate him!, concludes his statement.
