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The Minister of Sports, Tamuno Danagogo, said on Wednesday that it is unacceptable to disqualify any one Interested in the presidency of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
The minister opposed the decision of the electoral committee of the NFF, to disqualify former international, Segun Odegbami; former scribe of the NFF, Taiwo Ogunjobi; and current Acting Chairman of the Federation, Victor Umeh.
Only one candidate, Chris Giwa, owner of Giwa FC, was cleared to contest for President of the NFF. Mr. Danagogo, however, condemned the electoral process expected to lead to the August 26 election of new leaders of the NFF.
According to the minister ““(This) level of ineptitude is certainly not acceptable. NSC will not conduct elections for them. We will do everything possible to conduct free and fair election. “If it means we will delay the process or resell the form. Forms should be open to individuals eligible to compete,”
Mr. Danagogo, who is also the chairman of the National Sports Commission, NSC, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja.
“We do not support any process that looks fraudulent,…, that produced one candidate. We want a situation where all stakeholders will contest and neat result will come out. “For that reason, to us it is proper and it is acceptable to let the press know that we agree with the aggrieved persons in totality,” he said.