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