On behalf of all Nigerians I welcome the delegation from FIFA to Nigeria.
I wish them an enjoyable and fruitful stay.
I pray that this will be the last time Nigerian football officials shall invite FIFA to the country for the purpose of resolving our self-inflicted domestic problems. Each time we did so (invite them) we put the organisation in a tight corner, making them to walk the thin line between Intervention and interference.
According to FIFA’s fundamental principle, each of its members must be an independent private organisation. Secondly, the member’s internal affairs must not be interfered with by any Third Party, including government and FIFA itself. It is simple and straightforward. We conformed to it for decades.
Suddenly, in 2004, the situation changed.
