NFF subscribes to FIFA Integrity Initiative
– Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has joined the FIFA Integrity Initiative
– The Nigerian delegation discloses details of the meeting
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has joined the FIFA Integrity Initiative following the conclusion of a Roundtable Discussion in Lagos between the Federation and Heads of the FIFA Early Warning System and International Affairs.
President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick led the Federation’s 1st Vice President, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi and the 2nd Vice President/LMC chairman Shehu Dikko to the meeting at Four Points Hotel on Victoria Island, Lagos.
Julie Norris, head of the Early Warning System, says that the objective of the meeting was to partner with the NFF as they have done with about 109 other member Federations that have subscribed to the campaign to protect the integrity of NFF competitions.
Norris explained: “We are happy to work with you to build capacity through training for the enforcement of FIFA Integrity Initiatives that will enable the Federation have the capacity to detect and deal with threats of match fixing through the activities of sports betting. There is no one solution that fixes all the threats and it is left for the Federation working with us to design what will work for it and we are always there to monitor and flag such threats when detected”.
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Christian Emeruwa, the NFF Integrity Officer added that of the five thematic areas identified at the workshop for implementation, Nigeria has implemented the first two which are the appointment of a Desk Officer and creation of awareness among all stakeholders.
Emeruwa said: “The NFF Integrity Unit has developed a template as proposed guidelines for combating match manipulation and enhancement of the integrity program for our competitions and this guideline is to be presented to the NFF Congress at its next convocation. Plans are on to work out a dedicated funding system to aid the initiative while the NFF Congress is being awaited to approve guidelines for a structure to collaborate with security agencies such as the Police, Department of State Security and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.”
In his turn NFF President Pinnick assured the FIFA team that the NFF Executive Committee will provide the enabling structure for the Integrity Initiative to be effective: “From the report of the NFF Desk Officer, it is obvious that we are committed to the campaign.”
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