Shina Philips, the founder and president of the Nigeria Pitch Awards, has backed President Bola Tinubu’s reforms of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), describing the intervention as a timely opportunity to address the structural challenges confronting Nigerian football.
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Philips, in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, expressed appreciation to President Tinubu and the National Sports Commission (NSC) for initiating what he described as long-awaited reforms of the country’s football administration.
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‘Reforms will expose football’s challenges’
