Nigeria risk an international ban due to
government interference after a court sacked
the football federation’s executive
committee.
Nigerian sports minister Tammy Danagogo
on Thursday appointed Lawrence Katiken as
sole adminstrator of the NFF.
The move comes in the wake of Nigeria’s
World Cup campain which came to an end on
Monday with defeat to France in the last 16. Danagogo acted after a high court in Plateau State granted an injunction stopping elected
NFF president Aminu Maigari, his executive committee and the NFF congress from office.
This represents direct interference by government in football, which has in the past incurred worldwide bans handed down by FIFA.
Nigeria were threatened with a FIFA ban in 2010 just after the Super Eagles crashed out of the 2010 World Cup hosted by South Africa.
This was as a result of the federal
government’s decision to withdraw the
country from all international competitions
for two years and sack the NFF management.
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