Former Golden Eaglets coach Fanny Amun has come out from the
trenches to ht back at those trying to cause trouble in the house of Nigerian
football. A former scribe of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amun, who hails
from Edo State remains an unrepentant apostle of the Federal Ministry of
Sports. As Nigeria battle Congo today in Point Noire, Amun tells JOHN EGBOKHAN
that Nigerians should not wish Eagles bad because of their disposition towards
out-of-favour coach Stephen Keshi.
amunSo much has happened to our football since the exit of
Aminu Maigari as President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Is the change of
guard good for our football development.
I want to put in on record that despite all the political
troubles we had during his time in office that Maigari remains the most
successful NFF leader that we have had. His record are there to see that under
such an hostile environment he was still able to win the Africa Cup of Nations
in 2013, as well as the Golden Eaglets triumph at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in
2013 as well as numerous other international and continental tournaments.
Maigari was a product of the crisis that took out Sani Lulu,
who was also a product of crisis that swallowed Ibrahim Galadima, whose fall
was orchestrated by some persons in the Sports Ministry.
Change in the
leadership of the NFF as being allegedly masterminded by the Sports Ministry
doing our football any good?
In the past, government’s interference was deemed not good
for our nation’s football development, by those against government. It is
curious to however note people are always quick to point at government’s
interference when things don’t go their way, while those who benefit from the
system say that it is not government’s interference. So the answer is always
going to tilt to the divide to which you belong. The government is a
stakeholder in football, so they have a right to jump into the fray.
At the last Elective Congress of the NFF in Warri on
September 30, a credible Executive Committee was elected by the delegates and
government has endorsed the board as being credible enough to take our football
to the next level. This board led by Amaju Pinnick has come to stay. Age and
wisdom are on the side of this board. In Pinnick, we have a king, who is young
and has a longer lifespan to do well . Nobody can rubbish the tremendous works
he has done in Delta State and what he will do in his new capacity in NFF.
Pinnick understudied great minds of Nigerian sports, like
the late Patrick Okpomo and Solomon Ogba. He has the wealth of experience to
transform our football and I see our football rising again to international
prominence under this dispensation.
What is your disposition towards the Appeals Committee
sitting on the NFF Elections?
It will be suicidal if anyone, knowingly or unknowingly will
try to run back the hand of the clock. In any elections, people will always be
angry. They will always cry wolf, blue murder but the thing is that there must
be winners and losers in any election process.
It is instructive to note that the Appeals Committee is not
bigger than the Executive Committee and that the only organ that can nullify
the election in the Congress.
So let reason prevail and let us allow sleeping dogs to live
in peace.
Today in Point Noire, Nigeria face the prospects of kissing
bye to next year’s Nations Cup. The blame for this ugly scenario is being
heaped on Coach Stephen Keshi, who somehow is still in charge of the team,
despite massive outcry for his dismissal. Will Keshi not further jeopardize how
AFCON chances?
All hell would not break out if we don’t qualify. Keshi is a
human being, who has been successful during his time as Eagles coach. People
should not wish the team bad because of Keshi. When you go into a match, you
either lose, draw or win. Someone is supposed to win today’s match in Congo and
my wish is for the Super Eagles to win.
Battle of Congo:Don’t wish Eagles bad because of Keshi — Amun
Former
Golden Eaglets coach Fanny Amun has come out from the trenches to ht
back at those trying to cause trouble in the house of Nigerian football.
A former scribe of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amun, who hails
from Edo State remains an unrepentant apostle of the Federal Ministry of
Sports. As Nigeria battle Congo today in Point Noire, Amun tells JOHN EGBOKHAN that Nigerians should not wish Eagles bad because of their disposition towards out-of-favour coach Stephen Keshi.
So
much has happened to our football since the exit of Aminu Maigari as
President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Is the change of guard
good for our football development.
I want to put in on record that despite all the political troubles we had during his time in office that Maigari remains the most successful NFF leader that we have had. His record are there to see that under such an hostile environment he was still able to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, as well as the Golden Eaglets triumph at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 as well as numerous other international and continental tournaments.
Maigari was a product of the crisis that took out Sani Lulu, who was also a product of crisis that swallowed Ibrahim Galadima, whose fall was orchestrated by some persons in the Sports Ministry.
s change in the leadership of the NFF as being allegedly masterminded by the Sports Ministry doing our football any good?
In the past, government’s interference was deemed not good for our nation’s football development, by those against government. It is curious to however note people are always quick to point at government’s interference when things don’t go their way, while those who benefit from the system say that it is not government’s interference. So the answer is always going to tilt to the divide to which you belong. The government is a stakeholder in football, so they have a right to jump into the fray.
At the last Elective Congress of the NFF in Warri on September 30, a credible Executive Committee was elected by the delegates and government has endorsed the board as being credible enough to take our football to the next level. This board led by Amaju Pinnick has come to stay. Age and wisdom are on the side of this board. In Pinnick, we have a king, who is young and has a longer lifespan to do well . Nobody can rubbish the tremendous works he has done in Delta State and what he will do in his new capacity in NFF.
Pinnick understudied great minds of Nigerian sports, like the late Patrick Okpomo and Solomon Ogba. He has the wealth of experience to transform our football and I see our football rising again to international prominence under this dispensation.
What is your disposition towards the Appeals Committee sitting on the NFF Elections?
It will be suicidal if anyone, knowingly or unknowingly will try to run back the hand of the clock. In any elections, people will always be angry. They will always cry wolf, blue murder but the thing is that there must be winners and losers in any election process.
It is instructive to note that the Appeals Committee is not bigger than the Executive Committee and that the only organ that can nullify the election in the Congress.
So let reason prevail and let us allow sleeping dogs to live in peace.
Today in Point Noire, Nigeria face the prospects of kissing bye to next year’s Nations Cup. The blame for this ugly scenario is being heaped on Coach Stephen Keshi, who somehow is still in charge of the team, despite massive outcry for his dismissal. Will Keshi not further jeopardize how AFCON chances?
All hell would not break out if we don’t qualify. Keshi is a human being, who has been successful during his time as Eagles coach. People should not wish the team bad because of Keshi. When you go into a match, you either lose, draw or win. Someone is supposed to win today’s match in Congo and my wish is for the Super Eagles to win.
How about the poor results that we have suffered in the last matches, which have made our chances bleak?
So
much has happened to our football since the exit of Aminu Maigari as
President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Is the change of guard
good for our football development.I want to put in on record that despite all the political troubles we had during his time in office that Maigari remains the most successful NFF leader that we have had. His record are there to see that under such an hostile environment he was still able to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, as well as the Golden Eaglets triumph at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 as well as numerous other international and continental tournaments.
Maigari was a product of the crisis that took out Sani Lulu, who was also a product of crisis that swallowed Ibrahim Galadima, whose fall was orchestrated by some persons in the Sports Ministry.
s change in the leadership of the NFF as being allegedly masterminded by the Sports Ministry doing our football any good?
In the past, government’s interference was deemed not good for our nation’s football development, by those against government. It is curious to however note people are always quick to point at government’s interference when things don’t go their way, while those who benefit from the system say that it is not government’s interference. So the answer is always going to tilt to the divide to which you belong. The government is a stakeholder in football, so they have a right to jump into the fray.
At the last Elective Congress of the NFF in Warri on September 30, a credible Executive Committee was elected by the delegates and government has endorsed the board as being credible enough to take our football to the next level. This board led by Amaju Pinnick has come to stay. Age and wisdom are on the side of this board. In Pinnick, we have a king, who is young and has a longer lifespan to do well . Nobody can rubbish the tremendous works he has done in Delta State and what he will do in his new capacity in NFF.
Pinnick understudied great minds of Nigerian sports, like the late Patrick Okpomo and Solomon Ogba. He has the wealth of experience to transform our football and I see our football rising again to international prominence under this dispensation.
What is your disposition towards the Appeals Committee sitting on the NFF Elections?
It will be suicidal if anyone, knowingly or unknowingly will try to run back the hand of the clock. In any elections, people will always be angry. They will always cry wolf, blue murder but the thing is that there must be winners and losers in any election process.
It is instructive to note that the Appeals Committee is not bigger than the Executive Committee and that the only organ that can nullify the election in the Congress.
So let reason prevail and let us allow sleeping dogs to live in peace.
Today in Point Noire, Nigeria face the prospects of kissing bye to next year’s Nations Cup. The blame for this ugly scenario is being heaped on Coach Stephen Keshi, who somehow is still in charge of the team, despite massive outcry for his dismissal. Will Keshi not further jeopardize how AFCON chances?
All hell would not break out if we don’t qualify. Keshi is a human being, who has been successful during his time as Eagles coach. People should not wish the team bad because of Keshi. When you go into a match, you either lose, draw or win. Someone is supposed to win today’s match in Congo and my wish is for the Super Eagles to win.
How about the poor results that we have suffered in the last matches, which have made our chances bleak?
Battle of Congo:Don’t wish Eagles bad because of Keshi — Amun
Former
Golden Eaglets coach Fanny Amun has come out from the trenches to ht
back at those trying to cause trouble in the house of Nigerian football.
A former scribe of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amun, who hails
from Edo State remains an unrepentant apostle of the Federal Ministry of
Sports. As Nigeria battle Congo today in Point Noire, Amun tells JOHN EGBOKHAN that Nigerians should not wish Eagles bad because of their disposition towards out-of-favour coach Stephen Keshi.
So
much has happened to our football since the exit of Aminu Maigari as
President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Is the change of guard
good for our football development.
I want to put in on record that despite all the political troubles we had during his time in office that Maigari remains the most successful NFF leader that we have had. His record are there to see that under such an hostile environment he was still able to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, as well as the Golden Eaglets triumph at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 as well as numerous other international and continental tournaments.
Maigari was a product of the crisis that took out Sani Lulu, who was also a product of crisis that swallowed Ibrahim Galadima, whose fall was orchestrated by some persons in the Sports Ministry.
s change in the leadership of the NFF as being allegedly masterminded by the Sports Ministry doing our football any good?
In the past, government’s interference was deemed not good for our nation’s football development, by those against government. It is curious to however note people are always quick to point at government’s interference when things don’t go their way, while those who benefit from the system say that it is not government’s interference. So the answer is always going to tilt to the divide to which you belong. The government is a stakeholder in football, so they have a right to jump into the fray.
At the last Elective Congress of the NFF in Warri on September 30, a credible Executive Committee was elected by the delegates and government has endorsed the board as being credible enough to take our football to the next level. This board led by Amaju Pinnick has come to stay. Age and wisdom are on the side of this board. In Pinnick, we have a king, who is young and has a longer lifespan to do well . Nobody can rubbish the tremendous works he has done in Delta State and what he will do in his new capacity in NFF.
Pinnick understudied great minds of Nigerian sports, like the late Patrick Okpomo and Solomon Ogba. He has the wealth of experience to transform our football and I see our football rising again to international prominence under this dispensation.
What is your disposition towards the Appeals Committee sitting on the NFF Elections?
It will be suicidal if anyone, knowingly or unknowingly will try to run back the hand of the clock. In any elections, people will always be angry. They will always cry wolf, blue murder but the thing is that there must be winners and losers in any election process.
It is instructive to note that the Appeals Committee is not bigger than the Executive Committee and that the only organ that can nullify the election in the Congress.
So let reason prevail and let us allow sleeping dogs to live in peace.
Today in Point Noire, Nigeria face the prospects of kissing bye to next year’s Nations Cup. The blame for this ugly scenario is being heaped on Coach Stephen Keshi, who somehow is still in charge of the team, despite massive outcry for his dismissal. Will Keshi not further jeopardize how AFCON chances?
All hell would not break out if we don’t qualify. Keshi is a human being, who has been successful during his time as Eagles coach. People should not wish the team bad because of Keshi. When you go into a match, you either lose, draw or win. Someone is supposed to win today’s match in Congo and my wish is for the Super Eagles to win.
How about the poor results that we have suffered in the last matches, which have made our chances bleak?
So
much has happened to our football since the exit of Aminu Maigari as
President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Is the change of guard
good for our football development.I want to put in on record that despite all the political troubles we had during his time in office that Maigari remains the most successful NFF leader that we have had. His record are there to see that under such an hostile environment he was still able to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, as well as the Golden Eaglets triumph at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 as well as numerous other international and continental tournaments.
Maigari was a product of the crisis that took out Sani Lulu, who was also a product of crisis that swallowed Ibrahim Galadima, whose fall was orchestrated by some persons in the Sports Ministry.
s change in the leadership of the NFF as being allegedly masterminded by the Sports Ministry doing our football any good?
In the past, government’s interference was deemed not good for our nation’s football development, by those against government. It is curious to however note people are always quick to point at government’s interference when things don’t go their way, while those who benefit from the system say that it is not government’s interference. So the answer is always going to tilt to the divide to which you belong. The government is a stakeholder in football, so they have a right to jump into the fray.
At the last Elective Congress of the NFF in Warri on September 30, a credible Executive Committee was elected by the delegates and government has endorsed the board as being credible enough to take our football to the next level. This board led by Amaju Pinnick has come to stay. Age and wisdom are on the side of this board. In Pinnick, we have a king, who is young and has a longer lifespan to do well . Nobody can rubbish the tremendous works he has done in Delta State and what he will do in his new capacity in NFF.
Pinnick understudied great minds of Nigerian sports, like the late Patrick Okpomo and Solomon Ogba. He has the wealth of experience to transform our football and I see our football rising again to international prominence under this dispensation.
What is your disposition towards the Appeals Committee sitting on the NFF Elections?
It will be suicidal if anyone, knowingly or unknowingly will try to run back the hand of the clock. In any elections, people will always be angry. They will always cry wolf, blue murder but the thing is that there must be winners and losers in any election process.
It is instructive to note that the Appeals Committee is not bigger than the Executive Committee and that the only organ that can nullify the election in the Congress.
So let reason prevail and let us allow sleeping dogs to live in peace.
Today in Point Noire, Nigeria face the prospects of kissing bye to next year’s Nations Cup. The blame for this ugly scenario is being heaped on Coach Stephen Keshi, who somehow is still in charge of the team, despite massive outcry for his dismissal. Will Keshi not further jeopardize how AFCON chances?
All hell would not break out if we don’t qualify. Keshi is a human being, who has been successful during his time as Eagles coach. People should not wish the team bad because of Keshi. When you go into a match, you either lose, draw or win. Someone is supposed to win today’s match in Congo and my wish is for the Super Eagles to win.
How about the poor results that we have suffered in the last matches, which have made our chances bleak?
Battle of Congo:Don’t wish Eagles bad because of Keshi — Amun
Former
Golden Eaglets coach Fanny Amun has come out from the trenches to ht
back at those trying to cause trouble in the house of Nigerian football.
A former scribe of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amun, who hails
from Edo State remains an unrepentant apostle of the Federal Ministry of
Sports. As Nigeria battle Congo today in Point Noire, Amun tells JOHN EGBOKHAN that Nigerians should not wish Eagles bad because of their disposition towards out-of-favour coach Stephen Keshi.
So
much has happened to our football since the exit of Aminu Maigari as
President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Is the change of guard
good for our football development.
I want to put in on record that despite all the political troubles we had during his time in office that Maigari remains the most successful NFF leader that we have had. His record are there to see that under such an hostile environment he was still able to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, as well as the Golden Eaglets triumph at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 as well as numerous other international and continental tournaments.
Maigari was a product of the crisis that took out Sani Lulu, who was also a product of crisis that swallowed Ibrahim Galadima, whose fall was orchestrated by some persons in the Sports Ministry.
s change in the leadership of the NFF as being allegedly masterminded by the Sports Ministry doing our football any good?
In the past, government’s interference was deemed not good for our nation’s football development, by those against government. It is curious to however note people are always quick to point at government’s interference when things don’t go their way, while those who benefit from the system say that it is not government’s interference. So the answer is always going to tilt to the divide to which you belong. The government is a stakeholder in football, so they have a right to jump into the fray.
At the last Elective Congress of the NFF in Warri on September 30, a credible Executive Committee was elected by the delegates and government has endorsed the board as being credible enough to take our football to the next level. This board led by Amaju Pinnick has come to stay. Age and wisdom are on the side of this board. In Pinnick, we have a king, who is young and has a longer lifespan to do well . Nobody can rubbish the tremendous works he has done in Delta State and what he will do in his new capacity in NFF.
Pinnick understudied great minds of Nigerian sports, like the late Patrick Okpomo and Solomon Ogba. He has the wealth of experience to transform our football and I see our football rising again to international prominence under this dispensation.
What is your disposition towards the Appeals Committee sitting on the NFF Elections?
It will be suicidal if anyone, knowingly or unknowingly will try to run back the hand of the clock. In any elections, people will always be angry. They will always cry wolf, blue murder but the thing is that there must be winners and losers in any election process.
It is instructive to note that the Appeals Committee is not bigger than the Executive Committee and that the only organ that can nullify the election in the Congress.
So let reason prevail and let us allow sleeping dogs to live in peace.
Today in Point Noire, Nigeria face the prospects of kissing bye to next year’s Nations Cup. The blame for this ugly scenario is being heaped on Coach Stephen Keshi, who somehow is still in charge of the team, despite massive outcry for his dismissal. Will Keshi not further jeopardize how AFCON chances?
All hell would not break out if we don’t qualify. Keshi is a human being, who has been successful during his time as Eagles coach. People should not wish the team bad because of Keshi. When you go into a match, you either lose, draw or win. Someone is supposed to win today’s match in Congo and my wish is for the Super Eagles to win.
How about the poor results that we have suffered in the last matches, which have made our chances bleak?
So
much has happened to our football since the exit of Aminu Maigari as
President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Is the change of guard
good for our football development.I want to put in on record that despite all the political troubles we had during his time in office that Maigari remains the most successful NFF leader that we have had. His record are there to see that under such an hostile environment he was still able to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, as well as the Golden Eaglets triumph at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 as well as numerous other international and continental tournaments.
Maigari was a product of the crisis that took out Sani Lulu, who was also a product of crisis that swallowed Ibrahim Galadima, whose fall was orchestrated by some persons in the Sports Ministry.
s change in the leadership of the NFF as being allegedly masterminded by the Sports Ministry doing our football any good?
In the past, government’s interference was deemed not good for our nation’s football development, by those against government. It is curious to however note people are always quick to point at government’s interference when things don’t go their way, while those who benefit from the system say that it is not government’s interference. So the answer is always going to tilt to the divide to which you belong. The government is a stakeholder in football, so they have a right to jump into the fray.
At the last Elective Congress of the NFF in Warri on September 30, a credible Executive Committee was elected by the delegates and government has endorsed the board as being credible enough to take our football to the next level. This board led by Amaju Pinnick has come to stay. Age and wisdom are on the side of this board. In Pinnick, we have a king, who is young and has a longer lifespan to do well . Nobody can rubbish the tremendous works he has done in Delta State and what he will do in his new capacity in NFF.
Pinnick understudied great minds of Nigerian sports, like the late Patrick Okpomo and Solomon Ogba. He has the wealth of experience to transform our football and I see our football rising again to international prominence under this dispensation.
What is your disposition towards the Appeals Committee sitting on the NFF Elections?
It will be suicidal if anyone, knowingly or unknowingly will try to run back the hand of the clock. In any elections, people will always be angry. They will always cry wolf, blue murder but the thing is that there must be winners and losers in any election process.
It is instructive to note that the Appeals Committee is not bigger than the Executive Committee and that the only organ that can nullify the election in the Congress.
So let reason prevail and let us allow sleeping dogs to live in peace.
Today in Point Noire, Nigeria face the prospects of kissing bye to next year’s Nations Cup. The blame for this ugly scenario is being heaped on Coach Stephen Keshi, who somehow is still in charge of the team, despite massive outcry for his dismissal. Will Keshi not further jeopardize how AFCON chances?
All hell would not break out if we don’t qualify. Keshi is a human being, who has been successful during his time as Eagles coach. People should not wish the team bad because of Keshi. When you go into a match, you either lose, draw or win. Someone is supposed to win today’s match in Congo and my wish is for the Super Eagles to win.
How about the poor results that we have suffered in the last matches, which have made our chances bleak?
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