Talking to Come up TV, the Chairman of the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC), Shehu Dikko, revealed detailed figures of Federal Authorities funding disbursed to the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) over the previous 12 years.
Dikko said that in Amaju Pinnick’s tenure (2014–2022), the Federal Authorities offered the NFF with a complete of ₦15 billion.
He additional disclosed that the fast previous NFF administration, led by Ibrahim Gusau, obtained a one‑time cost of ₦17 billion from President Bola Tinubu, along with different allocations, indicating that the present Federal Authorities has offered greater than 5 instances the quantity obtained below the earlier administration. Based on Dikko, this huge enhance in funding was one of many causes reforms grew to become mandatory.
Right here was his assertion:
I warned them very clearly, you both perform the reforms internally as required by regulation, or anyone else should do it for you. They didn’t heed the recommendation.
This assertion comes as Dikko addressed the disaster on the NFF, the place the board led by President Ibrahim Gusau resigned on 27 August 2026, with FIFA formally accepting the resignation on 1 September 2026, a improvement that has positioned much more highlight on the Falconets, who’re at present competing on the 2026 U‑20 Ladies’s World Cup.
