NFF Acting President Goes After Corrupt Officials
Mike Umeh, the acting president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Thursday promised to lead the fight to expose and rid the Nigerian football of all corrupt officials.
Supersport reports that, Umeh, who emerged the acting president following the impeachment Aminu Maigari, revealed that effort to rid the Glass House of persons with questionable character has commenced, as part measures to fix the damage done to Nigerian football.
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“We want to assure Nigerians that we will not relent in adopting due process in showing corrupt officers of the NFF the way out” he said. “I can state through this medium without fear or favour that the procedure of kicking out individuals of questionable character is ongoing as we look to repair the damage done to Nigerian football. That is my immediate mandate. We are not small boys. We know what to do,” he said.
Umeh, who is the first vice president of the NFF, is expected to manage the affairs of the federation, pending the composition of the new executive committee after the elections on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.
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It would be recalled that on Thursday, July 24, the former NFF president, Aminu Maigari, was impeached over financial misappropriation, misapplication and maladministration.
Meanwhile, the NFF is believed to be so politicised that some top government officials call the shots, a development which made the apex football ranking body, FIFA on July 9, 2014, suspend the NFF with immediate effect, on account of government interference.
Source: Legit.ng
