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IT’S NFF’S RESPONSIBILITY TO DECIDE ON SEASON-ENDING FORMAT, SAYS SPORTS MINISTRY

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Nigeria’s sports ministry has stated that the responsibility on format to end the current Nigerian football season rests on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

This is contained in a statement issued by the ministry attributed to the   s permanent secretary, Gabriel Aduda.

The ministry maintained that it could not be part of a meeting conveyed by the NFF which included other stakeholders, the LMC and club chairmen on how the current season should end owing to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the statement, theminister had directed the NFF to come up with the best possible options to end the league in line with the spirit of fair play and justice.


” Following a virtual meeting presided over  by  the Honourable  Minister on Monday,  the Ministry  directed  that an enlarged  meeting of the stakeholders  should be convened to deliberate, agree and find a way forward   and NFF should revert to the Ministry. 

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“Although the Ministry was invited, it decided to exclude itself to enable the stakeholders thrash out the critical issues and revert to the Ministry”


Aduda further informed that “the Ministry awaits the final decision of the meeting communicated  to it officially after which it would confer with the necessary  authorities to make a final  pronouncement  on the league.


“The final decision on the league would be guided by the Covid-19 protocols and infrastructure.

The Minister had taken a bold decision by advising the Federal Government  to postpone the Edo National Sports Festival   earlier scheduled for March  20th – April 1st  2020 due to the pandemic

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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