SPORTS Minister, Solomon Dalung, yesterday read riot act to the Chris Giwa led faction of Nigeria football stakeholders, warning them not to go near the Abuja Glass House of the nation’s soccer governing body in the new year.
Giwa and his group had last week stated in a release that they would on January 12, 2016 take over the NFF secretariat and sack the Pinnick Amaju led board.
Dalung in a statement signed by his SA (Media), Nneka Ikem Anibeze warned that he would not support any group that wants to be lawless, even as he charged Giwa and his group to allow him look into the petition they forwarded to him.
The minister’s statement read in part: “It has come to my knowledge once again, that anarchy is being adopted as a method for ad- dressing grievances in the Nigeria Football Federation. As a peacemaker and also a Minister of Youth and Sports, I will always implore Nigerians to apply the use of dialogue and consensus in resolving crisis. This my posture should not be taken as weakness but as a well intended way of promoting peace among people. I reiterate this again and again that I am standing with nobody in the crisis of the NFF but will always stand for due process….. Chris Giwa and his group should not take the petition brought to my table as a license for anarchy. I will not endorse that today. I will not endorse that to- morrow and I will not endorse that forever. Therefore, I urge all war- ring factions to remain very calm and peaceful so that we will not destroy the image and progress built so far in football.”
While wishing Nigerians a prosperous new year, Dalung stated that he was looking forward to a good outing for the country at the Rio 2016 Olympics, even as he charged all football stakeholders to always act in the nation’s inter- est.
“I charge all stakeholders to be more responsible and patriotic in their deeds. God bless Nigeria,” Dalung stated.
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