Ex-international, Friday Ekpo, has challenged the Nigeria Football Federation to expedite action on their turn-around plans for football now that world football governing body, FIFA, has given the federation a clean bill of health.
Ekpo said that the Amaju Pinnick-led board must now prove critics wrong by doing the right things, saying distractions are minimal now after FIFA endorsed the report of the Election Appeals Committee that authenticated the September 30 poll that brought in the board. Ekpo said that the only way Pinnick and his members could enjoy the support of Nigerians was to work hard in the interest of the game.
“I think the time has come for NFF to sit down and work. Let us thank God that FIFA has endorsed their elections and that will give them the chance to concentrate and work. Nigerians are looking up to them, they want them to change the face of football in this country after everything that has happened,” he said. He said the crisis that erupted after the last FIFA Word Cup caused so much damage to the country’s football including the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2015 Africa Nations Cup.
“The way people who have no business in football come around to cause confusion always baffles me. The crisis was needless. It is sad that Super Eagles failed to make it to the Nations Cup and I can tell you it was due to the crisis. We lost everything to the problem, Nations Cup and even the Adidas sponsorship deal. I don’t know why these people cannot just leave us alone, we love our game, they should not come again and cause more confusion,” he said.
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