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The Nigeria senate on Tuesday passed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Bill 2017.
This was the third time the bill would be read on the floor of the Red Chamber.
Sponsor of the Bill, Sen. Obinna Ogba, presented the report of the Committee on Sports and Youth Development before the passage.
He said the bill takes care of the many issues plaguing the NFF.
“It has become necessary to repeal the Extant Act. This is because it requires a lot of amendments to bring it into agreement with FIFA required international best practices. It is to give the desired boost it requires.
“The Bill has no financial implication because it is only seeking for a change in the name of the football body in order to achieve greater and better results in future.
“It seeks to ensure that only those who are actually involved in competitive football matches are members of the Federation and not just organisations and establishments as contained in the extant act.
“The bill also makes provision for the election of a President to lead the Executive Committee as against the existing law where the governing body of the association is a board appointed from different organisations.
“It further seeks to ensure mandatory systematic development of football through institutional, age and gender competitions.
“Also, the bill makes provision for development of coaches and referees to enable them participate in international competitions,’’ he said.
He said the bill also takes care of funding of the agency.
According to him, the NFF shouldn't be funded by the government but by club owners through the establishment of feeder teams and signing on of identified star players
This was the third time the bill would be read on the floor of the Red Chamber.
Sponsor of the Bill, Sen. Obinna Ogba, presented the report of the Committee on Sports and Youth Development before the passage.
He said the bill takes care of the many issues plaguing the NFF.
“It has become necessary to repeal the Extant Act. This is because it requires a lot of amendments to bring it into agreement with FIFA required international best practices. It is to give the desired boost it requires.
“The Bill has no financial implication because it is only seeking for a change in the name of the football body in order to achieve greater and better results in future.
“It seeks to ensure that only those who are actually involved in competitive football matches are members of the Federation and not just organisations and establishments as contained in the extant act.
“The bill also makes provision for the election of a President to lead the Executive Committee as against the existing law where the governing body of the association is a board appointed from different organisations.
“It further seeks to ensure mandatory systematic development of football through institutional, age and gender competitions.
“Also, the bill makes provision for development of coaches and referees to enable them participate in international competitions,’’ he said.
He said the bill also takes care of funding of the agency.
According to him, the NFF shouldn't be funded by the government but by club owners through the establishment of feeder teams and signing on of identified star players
