* Tasks NSC chairman to work with NFF secretariat and relevant stakeholders including FIFA and CAF for a broad, consultative reform process
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday directed a comprehensive reform of Nigerian football to overcome repeated failures to qualify for major regional, continental and world tournaments.
According to the president, “The reform must respond to a longstanding need to strengthen governance, administration, stakeholder representation, development pathways, domestic competitions and accountability across Nigerian football.”
Tinubu, in a release issued by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, noted that while other sports had recorded meaningful progress since the reset of the sports sector under the re-established National Sports Commission (NSC) , football has continued to struggle because of structural weaknesses within the system.
