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NFF exco approves N5.6 billion budget, okays friendlies for Super Falcons

The Nigeria Football Federation executive committee has approved a budget of over N5 billion for the body’s programmes in 2021.

The budget approval was one of several decisions the NFF’s highest decision-making organ took at a meeting in Abeokuta in midweek.

The approved sum is exactly N5,625,942,790.00 according to the communique issued at the end of the meeting.

Among the other decisions contained in a communique include the approval for a new start date for the second-tier Nigeria National League and participation of national teams in international competitions.

The body approved 16 January as the kick-off date of the NNL, and 10 February for the start of the amateur Nationwide League.

Concerning the national teams, the executive committee says the Super Falcons and the Golden Eaglets will be active in 2021 despite the postponement by a year of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the cancellation of FIFA U-17 World Cup initially scheduled for the year.

The communique states: “As a way of getting the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, busy in a period of long inactivity occasioned by the postponement of the 12th edition of the Women Africa Cup of Nations to year 2022, the Executive Committee approved a proposal by its Technical and Development Sub-Committee for the team to participate in a tournament in Turkey and two-match tour of Morocco in February 2021.   

“Despite the cancellation of the 2021 FIFA U17 World Cup finals by the world football –governing body, the Executive Committee resolved to allow the U17 Boys National Team, Golden Eaglets, to participate in the upcoming WAFU B Tournament with a view to qualifying for the 2021 Africa U17 Cup of Nations, as it sees the youth tournaments as developmental programmes for the purpose of discovering talents for the senior teams.”

The NFF executive committee also charged the organisers of the Nigeria Professional Football League and the Nigeria Women’s League to “ensure strict compliance and conformity with all laid down COVID-19 protocols by the Clubs, match officials and all those who have anything to do with organization of the various matches before, during and after EVERY MATCH DAY.”

The league organisers are to report monthly to the NFF football committee their efforts to ensure strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols and club licensing regulations, while they have been instructed to pay any outstanding entitlements owed to match officials.

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