Senate frowns at NFF, NSC over dismal  performances of Nigeria Soccer teams

Senator Abdul Ningi, Bauchi Central, has, against this backdrop, held an emergency meeting with the Chairman of the National Sports Commission ( NSC) , Shehu Dikko and the President of the Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) , Ibrahim Musa Gusau, presided over by Senator Abdul Ningi ( Bauchi Central) in his capacity as Chairman, Senate Committee on Sports.” Ningi, who stressed the need for NSC and NFF to close ranks for better performances by Nigerian teams at the world stage, emphasized at the meeting and commitments already being made in that respect, said, “I called them to close ranks, that is , the Nigerian Football Federation and the National Sports Commission because as it is today, they are wide apart.’ “So this meeting was a preamble to the explanation I will offer the Senate when it reconvenes next month on the state of Sports and, in particular, Football in Nigeria today and steps being taken to reposition it for better results.