Former
Super Eagles forward, Mutiu Adepoju has appealed to Acting President Yemi
Osinbajo to go beyond just approving money to the NFF as Nigeria continues the
quest to land in Russia for FIFA World Cup 2018.
Adepoju who was a member of the Eagles squad
that made Nigeria’s World Cup debut at USA ’94 under Dutch manager, Clemens
Westerhof said the Presidency must intervene in Nigerian football to avoid
those he called “enemies of the game in the country” from stopping the country
from landing in Russia by other means.
The respected ex-international was quick to
add that what the nation’s soccer governing body, NFF needs now is total
support from every Nigerian football stakeholder ahead of the all-important
double header against Cameroon early September.
“The battle we should be preparing for is the
war against Cameroon and nothing else. Any other battle would amount to a
distraction that would not do our football any good. By now one expects that
the crisis in our football should be over. We must not do things that would see
FIFA hammer falling on us the way it just fell on Sudan and Guinea,” Adepoju
warned further.
Meanwhile, the World Cup encounter between
Nigeria and Cameroon earlier scheduled for August 28 and then speculated for
August 31 has been shifted. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday
announced the Super Eagles will take on Cameroon in the qualifier on September
1 in Uyo to put to rest confusion over the match day and venue.
World football governing body FIFA scheduled
the match in Uyo for August 28, but NFF spokesman, Ademola Olajire, said the
game will be played on September 1.
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