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THE Nigeria Football Federation is planning to meet over the ambition of Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia State, to become the next FIFA president. Kalu has already declared his intention to replace Sepp Blatter in the February 2016 elections, but his ambition needs a formal endorsement from the NFF.
Amaju Pinnick, president of the federation, said on Tuesday, August 11, that the matter would be discussed by the executive committee of the NFF and its decision would be announced.
“All I can say is that every decision regarding who to support for the FIFA election will be taken by the executive committee. But let me also add that there is this eligibility clause to run for the FIFA election. Article 13 sub-section 1 (which) states that you must be in active football for the last five years as a referee, chairman of a club, president of a federation, member of executive committee and you must be actively connected to running of football in the last five years. The NFF executive committee will surely take a decision on the matter. We appreciate his contributions to Nigeria football and we will support him in any capacity,” Pinnick said.
The NFF leader commended Kalu for his contributions over the years to the Nigerian football. “The history of the game will not be complete without mentioning his name. He was instrumental to Enyimba’s winning of the champions league back to back in 2003 and 2004. But that was a long time ago,” he said.
— Aug 24, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT
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