Football Administration: NFA Inaugurates Four Committees

The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) last week, in Abuja, inaugurated two standing committees and two ad hoc committees it said would be crucial to the rebuilding process of Nigerian football administration.

The standing committees, which will be in place until 2014, are the NFA Organising Committee and the Media and Publicity Committee.

The seven-member Organising Committee has the NFA First Vice-Chairman, Mr Mike Umeh, as its chairman; Alhaji Salihu Abubakar, as the Vice-Chairman; and Dr Sanusi Mohammed, as Secretary.

Other members of the committee are Mr John Mastoroudes, Alhaji Abubakar Ladan, Alhaji Maigari Joji and Mr Jude Obikwelu.

The Media and Publicity Committee is chaired by Mr Emeka Inyama with Mr Ademola Olajire as Secretary.

Other members are Mr Ibikunle Solaja, Malam Ismaila Lere, Mr Yakubu Ibn Mohammed and Ade Ojekere.

The two ad hoc committees are the Committee on Road Map to Sustainable Development in Nigerian Football and the Committee on Reconciliation.

The Committee on road map strategy has Alhaji Sani Toro, a former NFA Secretary-General, as its chairman, with Mr Obi Okey as Secretary.

Other members are Shehu Dikko, Onochie Anibeze, Mike Enahoro, Simeon Ikya and Charles Ojugbana.

Inaugurating the committees, the NFA Chairman, Aminu Maigari, said that they would help to speedily rebuild Nigerian football and move it up to international standard.