NFF crises; the immediate past and the present..

Normalcy restored as Amaju Pinnick's board resumes
office.

In what looks like covert operation the DSS on Monday
morning storm the NFF Glass House to eject Giwa's 'parallel'
board from the premises where they had began 'fictitious'
duties since fortnight ago, basking on untenable and
misconstrued court injunctions.

While Pinnick led board were dutifully discharging their
functions at the just concluded FIFA world cup as match
commissioners, Barr. Giwa was in Jos pursuing a
'reinstatement order' at Supreme court. The apex court
which has no locus standing to preside over footballing
matters rules the case should be re-open at the High court
where it was abinitio strucked out sighting 'lack of merit'.

However, it is pertinent to know that neither supreme court
nor High court has jurisdiction power to mitigate over football
matters as stated by FIFA charter that all football related matters
must be addressed by Court of Arbitrations for Sport.

Curiously, instead of Giwa to return to High court to seek redress
as stated by the judgement he obtained at the apex court he
rather assume office as NFF chairman at the Glass house.

In a move seen by many as 'order from the above' the DSS
arrived at the Glass House of the Nigeria Football Federation with
full determination to dislodge Giwa's illegal constituted board.
The exercise was carried out without any resistance from the
Giwa camp.
A while later, the Secretary General and other member of
Amaju Pinnick's led board were seen resuming to their respective
duty post.

Needless to say that it took another intervention of Government
apparatus (the DSS) to forcibly restore normalcy to our football after
(another) same government apparatus (Supreme court) had earlier
presided over a case it has no jurispudent power over.

Perhaps this current scenario has nullified the age long sayings that
"two wrongs doesn't make a right".. Only time will tell!
Pinnick is expected to resume office on tuesday morning after

attending CAF 2 day symposium in Morocco over the weekend.

That post was penned on Saturday 23rd July, 2018 when directive came from the Presidency that Giwa and his co-travellers should vacate the Glass House of Nigeria Football Federation office.

Between then and now...

It has been a rollercoaster affairs as Giwa, the illegal office occupant and Pinnick, the embattled FIFA recognized FA chairman has been sharing the office intermittently which has prompted the World Football Governing body to send a warning signal that if the imbroglio, anarchy and grandstanding show of might that plaque our football matters is not amicably resloved Nigeria should expect heavy sanction.

The sanction would include:

1. All our (football) National teams; Super Eagles, Falcons, Falconet, U23, U20, U17) shall be exempted from FIFA (affiliated) organized competitions.

2. Our club side shall be expel from the continental assignments where the likes of Eyimba is our flag bearer at the ongoing CAF Confederation cup.

3. Any Nigerian player who is seeking pasture new shall have his International Clearance paper unapproved as the NFF that's meant to facilitate such document would have been ban from global football business.

4. The proceed that's meant to be share amongst the participating countries at the just concluded FIFA World cup shall not be send to Nigeria as the office and the personnel  meant to address such issues would be no where to be found.

Genesis and wayout.

In every sphere of Nigeria institutions, ego, grandstand-rism, selfish-interest and an individual standing tall above the institution he is serving as been the order of the day. Our football malaise predates current Pinnick vs Giwa-Dalung tussle. The unpatriotic interest of our past and present sport administrators is legendary. Remember the gory years of Kojo Williams, the cat with nine lives Taiwo Ogunjobi and not forgetting the turbulent era of Ibrahim Galadima.

On 16th of August, the Acting-President Prof. Oshibajo summon Minister of Sports Solom Dalung and the NFF boss Amaju Pinnick to emergency meeting at the villa to discussed a way out for this shenanigans and the communiqué of the meeting suggest the Acting-President ordered with immediate effect the vacation of Giwa from the Glass House and his complete isolation from footballing matters. It's left to be seen if Giwa, who flouted Government's first warning would abide and comply with this second warnings.

The role of the sport minister, Solomon Dalung shall be fully explain in subsequent post but one thing is apparent, the sports Minister have not cover himself in glory in all of these rigmarole .The earlier our sports ministers accept that their duties is supervisory not a substantive head of each Sport federations the better. Nigeria is now at a loggerheads with International bodies like IAAF, FIBA, FIFA etc, no thanks to the Sports Minister's unhealthy ministries.

Hopefully,  logic and wisdom will prevail , Dalung would see the need to burge to the FG divine intervention and Nigeria football can once again soar and fly.