Sports-FIFA suspends Nigeria Again

NFF Suspended By FIFA Emergency
Committee Yesterday to suspend the Nigeria
Football Federation (NFF) with immediate
effect, on account of government
interference.

The decision follows a letter sent by FIFA to
the NFF on 4 July 2014, in which it expressed
its great concern after the NFF was served
with court proceedings and consequently an
order preventing the president of the NFF,
the NFF Executive Committee members and the NFF Congress from running the affairs
of Nigerian football was granted by a High
Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The said court order compelled the Nigerian
Minister of Sports to appoint a senior
member of the civil service to manage the
NFF until the matter was heard in court,
assembly on 5 July 2014. This extraordinary
general assembly was convened in violation
of the NFF statutes. Originally, an elective congress had been
planned by the NFF to take place on 26
August 2014. The suspension will be lifted once the court
actions have been withdrawn and the
properly elected NFF Executive Committee,

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