28th August, 2014
The crisis that in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is getting more interesting by the day. The latest is the decision of the leadership of the Nigeria Football Coaches Association to disassociate itself from the election that brought Mr. Chris Giwa to office as the new President of the football body.
Speaking in Abuja yesterday, the National President of the association, Bitrus Bewarang, said the association can never be associated with such a charade called election.
He described everything that happened in the Congress Room of Chida Hotel, Abuja as an aberration of what the NFF/FIFA statutes state about election of officers into the Executive Board of a federation.
The former Super Eagles’ coach said: “This clarification has become necessary because many people would think that because the coaches were in attendance in the hall, we participated in the election.
“It is on record that we were the first delegate to raise objections over the alteration of the agenda of the congress, which was supposed to be setting up a roadmap for the election of new board members for the federation.
“When our observation was over ruled, we decided immediately to disassociate ourselves from the election. The coaches and players are the main actors in the round leather game, and cannot be associated with any illegality. Moreover, the Congress that elected the purported executive members did not at any time conform with Article 22 of the NFF 2010 Statues.”
The Plateau United General Manager frowned at the incessant crisis that always evolved Nigeria football every election year, describing it as an insult to the generality of Nigerian football stakeholders.
He called on the Federal Government to call all the warring parties to order, and ensure that the country’s football thrives in an atmosphere of peace and harmony.