Its been a drama filled week on the plains of Nigeria football, with the NFF crisis and FIFA’s warning of looming sanctions. Possibly every voice in the sport have been heard and so early Thursday , veteran Coach James Peter told footballlive.ng that Government will always have a say in the running of football as long as it continues to sponsor the NFF.
The former Super Eagles coach spoke about the current NFF crisis as well as the Country’s position in the FIFA ranking, which he stresses is not an issue. Nigeria is currently ranked 14th in Africa and it also comes with its implications.
Concerning the controversial court order by Chris Giwa , James Peter maintains that FIFA have been guilty themselves of double standards in taking football matters to local courts and couldn’t blame member of the Nigerian football community of doing same.
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