Nigeria: FIFA Shelves Ban On Nigeria, Vows to Monitor NFF Situation

21 August 2018

The world football governing body, Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), has shelved its plan to ban Nigeria from international soccer, citing the Federal Government's pledge to abide by the protocol binding member-countries of the body.

FIFA had last week given Nigeria up till yesterday to ensure that the duly elected board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), led by Melvin Amaju Pinnick, exercises its functions without undue government interference. It threatened to ban the country indefinitely from international football if government did not meet the terms of its protocol.

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