Former Nigeria captain, Segun Odegbami,
has protested the criteria set by the Nigeria Football Federation for
nomination of a candidate for the FIFA presidential election.
The NFF on Monday released the conditions needed by a candidate for nomination for the February 2016 election.
NFF stated that a prospective candidate
must obtain endorsements from their state Football Associations, the
National Sports Commission and the Confederation of African Football.
But Odegbami in a letter on Wednesday
addressed to the NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, and copied to President
Muhammadu Buhari, the FIFA General Secretary and CAF President, Issa
Hayatou, described the endorsements from the NSC and CAF as unnecessary.
“I
refer to my letter of August 26, 2015, addressed to you, in which I
humbly requested nomination by the NFF to enable me to contest the
vacant position of President of FIFA in the election coming up on
February 26, 2016,” the letter read in part.
“Whilst awaiting a formal response from
you, it was with utter disbelief and shock to read of the conditions
(more of barriers) on a television programme that the NFF has set for
Nigerian candidates.
“I find the last two of these requests
very bizarre, and a product of a lack of familiarity with the guidelines
for the FIFA presidential elections.”
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