Biambo heads NFF Electoral Committee

Mr. Amoni Biambo, an accomplished professional and businessman based in Port Harcourt, was on Monday elected Chairman of the NFF Electora Committee, saddled with the responsibility of conducting elections into the NFF Executive Committee and into the Nigeria Professional Football League, Nigeria National League, Nigeria Women League and Nigeria Nationwide League, come August 2014.

Elected as Vice Chairman is Dr. Akpo Mudiaga Odje, from Delta State, as the Electoral Committee swung into action ahead of the August polls. Other members are Professor Musa Garba Yakassai, Mr. Charles Nwokocha, Mr. Pascal Patrick, Dr. Omolawon Kayode and Mr. Prince Elube. NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, is secretary.

Also inaugurated was the NFF Electoral Appeals Committee, with Barrister Eddy Mark, Mr. Dotun Coker, Mallam Bala Garba, Mr. Victor Nwangwu and Mallam Sani Mohammed Gusau as members. The secretary is Lawrence Katken, NFF’s Assistant Director (Competitions).

The Zonal Coordinators’ Forum was also inaugurated at the same occasion. While Barrister Chris Green is coordinator for the South
South region, Sir. Ephraim Chukwuemeka will coordinate the South East and Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi will coordinate the South West.

Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh is in charge of the North Central, Alhaji Hussaini Modibbo takes charge of the North East and Alhaji Ibrahim
Musa Gusau holds fort in the North West. The secretary is Tunde Aderibigbe.

While inaugurating the zonal coordinators’ forum , NFF President Aminu Maigari, who was represented by Alhaji Muazu Suleyman, a Member of the NFF Executive Committee and CAF Match Commissioner, said: “Zonal coordinators are persons of timbre and calibre, who abide totally by the dictates of the NFF and FIFA Statutes for fairness and thoroughness, while eschewing favouritism, parochialism, nepotism and other negative tendencies.

“It is impossible for the NFF President, or the other Members of the Executive Committee, to be everywhere at the same time. Zonal
coordinators do a lot of work to bring to the attention of the NFF Executive Committee, the urgent needs and requirements of the
different geo-political zones, in a harmonised and coherent manner.”

Inaugurating the Electoral Committee and the Electoral Appeals Committee, Maigari stated: “I must state here that all the members of
the two Committees come highly recommended. That goes without saying, having been elected at the highest forum of Nigeria football – the NFF Annual General Assembly, which took place in Warri, Delta State on Thursday, 28th November, 2013.

“I am convinced that the persons in the Electoral Committee are condemned to do a great job, going by their pedigree and personal
accomplishments in the game. Elections are all about fairness and credibility. Without these guiding principles, an election becomes a
farce, and all manner of unwarranted distractions come along.”

NFF to inaugurate Electoral, Electoral Appeals committees

President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, will on Monday inaugurate the NFF Electoral Committee and NFF Electoral Appeals Committee ahead of the Federation’s elections later this year.

Maigari and other members of the NFF Executive Committee were elected into office on 26th August, 2010 for a four-year term. The Federation has now slated this year’s elections to take place on or before Monday, 25th August.

Monday’s inauguration, which comes up at the Conference Room of the FIFA Technical Centre, Package B of National Stadium, Abuja formally flags off preparations for the high-octane poll into executive positions in one of the most talked-about Football Federations in the world.

The NFF Electoral Committee headed by Barrister A. U. Mustapha, which conducted the poll that ushered in the Aminu Maigari team, gives way for a new panel that has Mr. Amoni Biambo, Professor Musa Garba Yakassai, Mr. Prince Elube, Dr. Akpo Mudiaga-Odje and Mr. Charles Nwokocha as members. Others are Dr. Omolawon Kayode and Mr. Pascal Patrick, a former Nigeria international player.

The new NFF Electoral Appeals Committee has Barrister Eddy Mark, Mr. Dotun Coker, Mallam Bala Garba, Mr. Victor Nwangwu and Mallam Sani Mohammed Gusau as members. The secretary is Mr. Lawrence Katken, a Assistant Director (Competitions) at NFF.

The members of both committees were elected at the Annual General Assembly of Nigeria football which took place in Warri, Delta State on 28th November, 2013.