Fifa was misinformed, says OnigbindeThe respected Nigeria football exponent believesthat lack of adequate information to the worldfootball governing body was responsible for the ban on the country

As reactions continue to trail
Nigeria suspension by the
Federation of International
Football Association, Caf technical
instructor Adegboye Onigbinde
has asserted out that the world football governing body might
have been wrongly briefed on what led to the sack of the
Nigeria Football Federation.
Fifa frowned at government third party interference in football
and clamped down heavily on the country after a law court in
Jos sacked the Aminu Maigari led NFF board .
In a no hold barred chat with Goal, the former Fifa technical
instructor said that there have always been government
interference in sports and football to be precise because the
government funds it. He also revealed that the world football
governing body might have been wrongly misinformed.
"We cannot surrender our sovereignty to the regulation of
anybody or any organisation. The judiciary had given a
judgement and the body concerned has not come out to state
that it is appealing the verdict which means it abided by the
verdict reached by the law court," Onigbinde told Goal.
"Fifa rules and regulations state that any football body must
be able to handle its affairs dependent of its own and without
interference from anybody or organisation.
"What do we have in Nigeria? Is it not the government that has
been releasing the funds the NFF has been using to for their
day to day activities? What is the interference if you ask
someone to account for how he spent the money you gave to
him for accountability?," he queried.
"If the truth must be told, we have not been following Fifa
statutes in the country and football has always been run
dependent on the government and it will be difficult to say
that government is interfering when it is the same government
that supply the funds needed.
"All the management of clubs in the country are on
appointments and not democratically elected as stipulated in
the FIFA statutes and if the government is to hands of football
sponsorship in the country do you think we are going to have
the NFF?
"Don't let fool ourselves, I believe Fifa was wrongly informed
by some top stakeholders in the country to have meted this
punishment on us," he concluded.

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