NFF President Ibrahim Gusau and 8 out of 13 members of the executive committee have reportedly resigned. The mass exit comes amid heavy criticism over how Nigerian football is being run.
The pressure has been building for months. The Super Falcons failed to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup — the first time ever since the tournament started in 1991. They lost 2-1 to South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in the playoff after missing out on automatic qualification.
The Super Eagles’ failure to qualify for back-to-back World Cups hasn’t helped either.
Now, questions are also being asked about money. The DSS is said to be reviewing how the N17 billion intervention fund approved by President Bola Tinubu in 2024 was spent. The fund was meant to clear unpaid wages, bonuses and allowances for national team players.
A source told The Guardian the probe is "routine" and not a witch-hunt: “It’s a normal thing for DSS to go through all documents relating to the funds released.”
With more than half of the board gone, the NFF’s planned elections scheduled for September 27 in Lafia, Nasarawa State, are now in doubt.
This also follows the earlier resignation of Fanny Amun, former chairman of the NFF fact-finding committee.
As of now, the NFF has not issued an official statement on the resignations or what happens next.
