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PFAN rejects NFF’s peace committee, urges Federation to address issues in court

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AFN president Ibrahim Shehu Gusau. Photo by AFNThe Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN) Task Force, yesterday, rejected the Players Unions’ reconciliation committee inaugurated by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to settle the differences among factions of the players’ union.NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, yesterday, in Abuja, inaugurated a five-man panel “to finally and fully restore peace to the rank of Nigeria’s retired and active football players.”He implored the members to work assiduously towards erasing all forms of misgivings among the game’s major actors and allow Nigerian football to move forward in peace and tranquility.

Gusau said: “I have confidence in this team to put to rest the discord and bickering that we have witnessed among players’ bodies over the past years.

There has been an unhealthy proliferation and this is not in the interest of peace and development of the game. We want to put a permanent end to the bitterness and divisive tendencies, so that we can move forward.”   He revealed that the Federation met with leaders of the two factions of the players’ union, where they deliberated on how to achieve reconciliation and peace. “What is really important is recognition, celebration and inclusiveness.

We don’t want to alienate anyone. Players are the key actors in the game and we have no reason not to carry them along,” he said.

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