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Former president of the Nigeria Football (NFF) and FIFA Council Member, Amaju Pinnick, has described the South-West Games 2025 as one of the events Nigeria needs to resuscitate its fortunes in sports. He described the championship as a groundbreaking platform for sports development, youth empowerment, and economic growth in Nigeria.
Stakeholders in Nigerian football have described the recent election to decide Africa’s representatives in the FIFA Council held in Cairo, Egypt as a victory for Arab solidarity as candidates from Arab countries took five seats out of the seven allotted to Africa. This left only CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, and Niger Republic’s Djibrilla Hima Hamidou as the only Africans from outside the Arab bloc in the new FIFA Council.
As mixed reactions continue to trail Amaju Pinnick’s exit from the FIFA Council, former Green Eagles player and 1984 AFCON silver medalist, Paul Okoku says Nigeria football gained nothing from his administration.
The chairman of the Unified Supporters Club of Nigeria, Vincent Okumagba has described as a “setback,” the failure by Amaju Pinnick to retain his FIFA Council seat. Pinnick, a former NFF President, lost by a single vote at the poll held yesterday, in Cairo, Egypt, as part of the 14th CAF Extraordinary Congress. He scored 28 votes, only one short of both Ahmed Yahya of Mauritania and Souleman Hassan Waberi of Djibouti, who each scored 29 votes to make it to the exalted panel.
•Commends Tinubu, Dikko, Gusau for ‘massive’ support
• Says Carraghar’s denigration of AFCON myopic Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Melvin Amaju Pinnick, has reiterated his desire to see the best African football leaders representing the continent in the FIFA Council.
As earlier disclosed by the former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, the Executive Committee of the body yesterday endorsed the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee for the appointment of Éric Sekou Chelle as Head Coach of the Super Eagles.
Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and FIFA Council member, Amaju Pinnick, has said the Super Eagles would get a substantive head coach ‘any moment from now’ .