The General Assembly of
the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has insisted that it has done no
wrong, in the way it handled the FIFA grant and development fund.
This
was in response to the Minister of Sport and Youth Development, Solomon
Dalung, ordering an investigation into the NFF’s finances, after FIFA
suspended grants to the country.
In a communique issued at the
end of the Assembly in Lagos on Sunday, the federation also passed a
vote of confidence on its President, Amaju Pinnick.
It read: “The
Congress expressed satisfaction with the explanation provided by the
Executive Committee on a number of issues raised by the Minister of
Youth & Sports (Barr. Solomon Dalung) at the opening ceremony
(division within the Board, FIFA Audit Query and late submission of
memos), and submitted that the Minister was misinformed about the
activities of the Board.
“Congress noted the submission of the
Executive Committee that at no time previously (official or
unofficially) did the Minister raise these issues with the NFF
leadership to obtain clarification, which the Federation would have
gladly provided, just as it did to the House Committee on Sports during a
recent sitting on its budget performance and budget proposal.
“Indeed,
the audited account of the Federation for the year, as audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers, an internationally reputable audit firm, was
presented and adopted at the General Assembly.”
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