Supporters Club deplores NFF’s ‘negation’ of contributions to national teams

The Nigerian Football and Other Sports Supporters Club has taken the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to task over its alleged negation of the club’s contributions to the successes and growth of the national teams.

Specifically, the supporters body is worried that the NFF failed to recognise its activities at the federation’s recent yearly general assembly, in Delta State.

The supporters expressed worries that the NFF invited football administrators and stakeholders to Delta State to review the previous year without inviting the club.
  
The Supporters Club Chairman, Samuel Ikpea, said, traditionally, the NFF General Assembly, apart from reviewing the federation’s performance, also provides an opportunity for the recognition of the contributions of critical stakeholders towards the development of football in the country.
 
Ikpea said that it is unfortunate that the 14-paragraph communiqué issued at the end of the meeting made no mention of the Supporters Club members’ selfless efforts in the last one year despite not receiving any form of subvention, or grant from the football federation during the period in review.
Ikpea said that members of the club paid their way to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to support that Super Eagles against Benin Republic in an Africa Nations Cup qualifier on September 10.

This victory, he said, was significant as the Super Eagles got their pound of flesh from their neigbours who had earlier beaten Nigeria 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier. He said the first meeting also allowed Benin Republic to record their first-ever victory against Nigeria.

But how did this happen when members of the Supporters Club were not carried along on the trip to Kigali? This remains a mystery, which is yet to be unraveled, but