Former Super Eagles captain Segun Odegbami has called for a temporary suspension of the Nigeria Football Federation elections, arguing that the country’s football administration has failed to match the enormous talent and potential within Nigerian football, Sunday PUNCH reports.
Odegbami made the call ahead of the NFF’s 2026 Executive Committee elections, scheduled for September 27 in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The Elective Congress was postponed by a day, from September 26, to accommodate the Super Eagles’ 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar.
According to the former Green Eagles captain, problems within football administration have persisted for decades and gradually become entrenched in the system.
“The reality is that football administration in the past two decades, in particular, has not matched or complemented the level of talent and possible achievements,” Odegbami said.
He argued that the growth of Nigerian football has been undermined by faulty decisions dating back to the early 1990s, which have since evolved into an established system that is now difficult to reform because those who created or benefited from it remain part of the football administration structure.
