NFF Crisis: New Electoral Committee Inaugurated AUGUST 28, 2014 3:13 PM0 COMMENTSVIEWS: NFF-logo By Gracious Akujobi The Interim Committee set up by Nigeria Football Federation Congress on Thursday in Abuja, inaugurated the reconstituted Electoral Committee ahead of the September 4 elections into the Board of the Federation. The chairman of the Interim Committee, Ephraim Chukwuemeka while inaugurating the committee, charged members to be transparent in their dealings to avoid the mistakes of the dissolved committee. Prompt News recalls that the State FA Chairmen at their congress at Bentley Hotel on Tuesday reconstituted the Electoral Committee after the dissolution of the Amoni Biambo-led body. According to Chukwuemeka, the mandate of the electoral committee as approved by the Congress is to conduct free and fair elections that will usher in a new NFF board on Thursday September 4, in Abuja. He advised them to incorporate those who have collected forms from the dissolved electoral committee in the course of carrying out their responsibilities. “Today this committee is put in place to replace the former committee that did everything in violation of the NFF statutes, the rule of FIFA and also in disobedience to the highest authority of this land represented by the Secretary to the Federal Government, who in a meeting told us to go and hold a congress to chat the way forward before the September 4 election date. “I as the chairman of the Interim Committee as set up by the Congress hereby inaugurate this committee for a successful take off of their functions but I must remind you that you are expected to be very sincere in your dealings with members of the public that desire to buy forms, everything must be done so that we will have a level playing ground. “I want to warn that nothing should be done against the statutes of the NFF and FIFA. Our actions are known to FIFA and they have advised us to do what we are doing,” Chukwuemeka concluded. In his acceptance speech, the chairman of the committee, Sampson Ebomhe said he would not be cowed as they will abide by the statutes and electoral guidelines of the NFF in discharging their duties. He assured that all qualified persons will be given equal opportunity to participate in the elections.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:44:24 +0000
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