NFF: Over state of football, Senate Summons Dalung

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Chairman of the Committee, Senator Obinna Ogba told journalists in Abuja that the invitation is for the two bodies to brief it on the latest stage of preparations for Team Nigeria ahead of the August 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil and to explain the events that led to the elimination of the Super Eagles from the Gabon 2017 All Africa Games (AFCON) qualification.

Senator Ogba argued that the upper legislative body needed to be informed on what went wrong with the team, adding that its explanations would also help Nigerians to know the true position of things.

He equally hinted the interest of the lawmakers in the rumoured poor preparation of Team Nigeria for the Olympic Games.

The former member of the board of the NFF, further revealed that the senate committee will also use the opportunity to find out from the NFF leadership what they have on ground for immediate preparation of the Super Eagles for the upcoming Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying matches.

“I have asked the clerk of the committee to issue a letter of invitation to both the minister of sports and the NFF leadership, and they will appear before the committee on Tuesday, April 12 to explain their plans for the events ahead.

“It is obvious that Nigerians are not comfortable with the recent happenings in the country’s sports. It has become pertinent that the sports committee should intervene to avert future disappointments which has put Nigerian sports in question mark.

“Very soon we will go into the Olympics and as at this moment we do not know our level of preparedness for the games. After the woeful 2012 edition, we promised to get it right in the next four years, so we should be intimated on the level of our preparations to ensure that we do not return from Brazil empty handed as we did four years ago in London” Senator Ogba added.