The Club Owners have described the readmission of Giwa FC and Nembe City into the Glo Premier League as a welcome development.
Acting-Secretary of the Club Owners, Alloy Chukwuemeka while reacting to the development told journalists in Ilorin Monday that the entire club owners were very much excited by the recall of the two privately owned clubs.
He revealed that the club Owners were involved in series of consultations and mediations in solidarity with the two member-clubs and as such were very happy to see that they have returned to the league.
“We at club owners are very much excited with this development and I must say it is a victory for the entire league system. You are aware of the interventions we made in solidarity with the two clubs that are our members, through consultations, so we are happy for their re-admission,” he said.
“As a responsible and responsive leadership, we will continue to advocate peaceful resolution of issues using all the available dispute resolution mechanism within the sports sector in adherence with the relevant status and extant Laws of football as approved by FIFA.”
On behalf of the club owners, Chukwuemeka went on to commended the Aminu Maigari led leadership of the NFF, the Hon. Minister and chairman NSC Tamuno Danagogo, National Assembly committees on Sports, the sporting Media, LMC and other stakeholders who made valuable contributions in resolving the issue.
NFF charge Eaglets, Falcons handlers
The Nigeria Football Federation has charged the technical crew of both the Super Falcons and the Golden Eaglets to live up to their duties and responsibilities as both teams seek to build new solid squads.
In a meeting held at the conference room of the NFF Secretariat between the NFF’s Director of Competitions, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi and members of the technical crew and backroom staffs of both teams, Sanusi warned of the dangers of persons taking over the duties of others in crews of the National Teams.
“I have been mandated by the NFF President and the Chairman of Technical Committee to fully brief you all on the importance of sticking to your respective duties and carrying out your responsibilities well,” Sanusi said.
“You must know the responsibilities that go with each role and the need to also tolerate and respect other persons and their roles, because you all come from different backgrounds to carry out a national assignment. We want the crews of all National Teams to be abreast of their duties and to do those duties to the best of their abilities.
“For example, the Head Coach is the leader of the team at all times, while the Team Administrator is the head of administration, who handles all administrative and logistics matters,” he added.
The Super Falcons are preparing for their 2014 African Women Championship final round qualifying fixture against the She-Amavubi of Rwanda, with the first leg coming up next month, while reigning world champions Eaglets have a 2015 African U-17 Championship qualifying fixture against either DR Congo or Burundi in July.
While the Eaglets are billed to participate in the WAFU B Tournament taking place in Togo later this month, the NFF has secured an international friendly for the Falcons against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, to be played in Abuja on April 15. (kickoffnigeria)