The Nigerian Referee Association, NRA has thrown its weight behind the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the proposed NFF autonomous bill lying in the floor of the Upper and the Lower house of the National Assembly.
The NRA president, Alhaji, Ahmed Maude told Pilot Sports that the passage of the NFF autonomous act will not only give the federation the powers to pilot the affairs of the nation’s football without interference from any quota, but will also strengthen the relationship between it and the National Sports Commission.
He also said that it will help in restoring the fragile peace that currently exist in the football circle which has embedded with so many court cases, adding that football thrive more in a peaceful environment.
However, Maude debunked the notion that if the bill is passed into law, the NSC will not have control over NFF again. He noted that provided the national assembly will define the line between the FIFA statute and the laws of the land and when to be applicable, then the NSC will perform its supervisory role over NFF as usual without clash.
According him, the bill will put stop to discriminate sack of elected board members of the NFF, and will also define who becomes a board member and their powers for effective representation and management of football in the country.