Re: FIFA DROPS THE HAMMER ON NIGERIA
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:29 am
The world's football governing body has sent warning to the authorities to abandon an ongoing court case against Ghana FADammy wrote:Ghana sacked it's FA recently over criminal acts and FIFA didn't take any action against them rather it reinforced the government decision.
There is a difference between football matters and criminal matters.
Criminal matters was used in getting rid of Lulu, Ogunjobi and Uchegbulam in 2010 and FIFA didn't take any action against Nigeria then but the current situation is different. It's interfering in footballing matters and FIFA frowns on that.
Fifa have issued an ultimatum of August 27 to the Ghanaian government to withdraw a court case meant to liquidate the embattled Ghana Football Association.
The authorities imposed an indefinite suspension on all football related activities in the country last June, in the wake of corruption scandals exposed in a documentary produced by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
A two-man liaison team was subsequently named by Fifa to oversee football in the country.
FIFA give final warning to Ghana and Nigeria as governance issues continue
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By Liam Morgan Tuesday, 14 August 2018
FIFA has warned Ghana and Nigeria could be suspended later this month ©Getty Images
FIFA has warned that Ghana and Nigeria could be suspended later this month after the global governing body gave each of their respective Football Associations a deadline to resolve their ongoing governance issues.
In a statement, the Bureau of the FIFA Council gave a final warning to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) following "undue influence" in the two bodies.
FIFA has given the NFF until next Monday (August 20), while the GFA has been ordered to sort out their issues by August 27.
Steps towards the resolution of the crisis within the NFF appeared to have been taken last month when Amaju Pinnick was restored as President amid a power-struggle with Chris Giwa, who also claimed to be the legitimate head of the organisation.
Giwa believes he was legitimately elected during a contested ballot in 2014 and was backed by Nigerian Sports Minister Solomon Dalung earlier this month.
A Supreme Court verdict also ruled that Giwa should be in charge but FIFA backs Pinnick and refuses to recognise his rival.
The problems in the NFF deepened last week when the Giwa-led Board supposedly fired general secretary Mohammed Sanusi, however.
Pinnick's group has also not yet regained control of the NFF offices, prompting FIFA to issue another order to the trouble-ridden association.
FIFA said in a statement that the NFF would be suspended unless the offices in Abuja are given back to Pinnick.
World football's governing body added that a possible suspension would not affect the Nigerian team currently playing at the Women's Under-20 World Cup in France as the tournament has already started.