Nigerian Football: Adamu In Diplomatic Mission For Solution

Nigeria’s FIFA Executive Comm-ittee mem-ber Amos Adamu flew to Nigeria this weekend on a desperate mission to iron out a solution to the crisis engulfing Nigerian football and avoid a pending FIFA ban.

Adamu was expected to meet with top government officials to thrash out a solution and is scheduled to return to South Africa yesterday, and meet with the FIFA hierarchy later in the day.

Last Wednesday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the withdrawal of the country’s national football team from international football for two years.

A day later, the government announced an 11-man committee to take charge of the country’s football affairs.

Miffed, world football governing body FIFA, which takes a dim view of government interference in the running of football, gave Nigeria a 48 hour ultimatum to reverse the decision or face expulsion from the worldwide football family.

Adamu’s diplomatic shuttle is expected to help pave the way for an amicable resolution of the crisis, without having the FIFA hammer fall on the country.