NFF Maintains The Suspension of 2 Executive Members Still Stands
Opeyemi Oladunjoye
The Nigeria Football Federation has denied the uplifting of the suspension of two of its former Executive Committee members, Chris Green and Ahmed ‘Fresh’ Yusuf , stating that its Appeals Committee is yet to meet over their appeals.
Green – the former Chairman of Technical Committee – was suspended from the Committee and banned from football–related activities for six months ban for glaring anti-Board activities and uncharitable media interviews. Yusuf was served a one–year ban for anti-Board activities and forging a document to alter the decision of the Executive Committee on Management Staff.
NFF spokesman, Ademola Olajire said on Friday: “This clarification is necessary in view of a report being circulated that the Appeals Committee has upturned the decision of the Executive Committee on these persons.
“It is true that Barr. Green and Alh. Ahmed Yusuf have appealed their suspension from the Executive Committee and ban from football –related activities for different periods. But the letters of Appeal only came in on Thursday night.
“A decision purporting to have been handed down by the Chairman of the Appeals’ Committee (Eddy Mark) was received Friday morning in the NFF. The so-called decision did not state how many of the Committee members were present, or whether the Secretary was also there.
“Whenever the Committee will meet, its meeting will be at the NFF Secretariat as it has always been, and all parties to the appeal, including the NFF Executive Committee and the appellants, will be available to present their case. The date of the meeting and time will also be made public.
“It is a known fact that the Chairman of the Appeals Committee is a personal friend of one of the appelants. But Nigeria football is not the private business of any individual.
“The decision still stands and will be conveyed to the next General Assembly for ratification.”