FIFA lifts suspension on Nigeria

Aminu Maigari

Embattled NFF President, Aminu Maigari

Ousted: NFF President, Aminu Maigari
Ousted: NFF President, Aminu Maigari

World football governing body, FIFA on Friday lifted the suspension clamped on Nigeria on 9 July as a result of a court order barring the Aminu Maigari-led Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF and the NFF Congress from controlling and managing the affairs of Nigeria football.

In a letter signed by FIFA Secretary General, Jerome Valcke, and addressed to the NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, the world body, in the letter captioned ‘Lifting of the suspension of the Nigeria Football Federation,’ stated clearly that they received a correspondence of Thursday 17 July from the NFF and were satisfied that Nigeria has complied with their demands for reinstatement into international football.

“Since the conditions set by the FIFA Emergency Committee on 9 July 2014 have been met, the suspension of the Nigeria Football Federation is lifted with immediate effect. The lifting of the suspension means that all of NFF’s membership rights have been reinstated, as defined in art. 12 of FIFA Statutes.

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“The NFF is therefore entitled to take part again in international competitions and to benefit from all programs which were suspended.”

With this decision, the NFF has stepped up arrangements to ensure that the U-20 women national team, Falconets, travel to Moncton, Canada next week for a final training camp ahead of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup taking place in the same country, and for the U-17 boys to fly to Democratic Republic of Congo for a 2015 African U-17 Championship qualifier on Sunday, 27 July.

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