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Ex-International, Paul Yusuf, protests disqualification from NFF presidential election

Canada-based former Nigerian goalkeeper, Paul Yusuf, has protested his recent disqualification from contesting the presidency of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) by the Electoral Committee. The election is slated for September 30, 2022 in Benin.

He said he learnt of his disqualification from social media, as no official from NFF reached out to him on reasons the decision was taken.

The Plateau-born former goalkeeper of Bendel United, NNB FC, Rangers International FC and Super Eagles, said he obtained the nomination forms at the NFF office, Wuse  Zone 2, in Abuja, as directed and duly filled and submitted them after paying the required fee. It added that his form was endorsed by his Plateau State FA Chairman, president of the Nigerian Coaches Association and the president of Nigerian Players Union.

He expressed shock and disappointment when some concerned Nigerians called him to tell him that he has been disqualified. “How can that be?” he asked.

“The NFF screening committee did not communicate in any shape or form to me. They have all the relevant mailing and email addresses to reach me, as detailed in the forms earlier submitted. So, why did they not get across to me personally?” he queried.

Yusuf asked: “If Nigeria is contesting to host a world championship with other countries and the news came from social media that, Nigeria has been disqualified without calling, emailing or sending a letter to the NFF, what will the NFF secretariat do? You know the NFF will not take the news seriously.”

Yusuf further said hearsay from different sources is not part of due process and as such “communicating directly with the concerned person would have been the only way. I did not apply for the position indirectly or through other means.

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