FIFA needs someone spectacular with various achievements and with scandals being one of the major reasons why Blatter is stepping down an ex Governor from one of the most corrupt countries in the world is far from needed at the helms of affairs of football.
It's more surprising that a former professional John Fashanu who never deemed it fit to play for his fatherland but opted to play for England who latter dumped him to stylishly tell him that he is a black man and not a natural British opened his mouth to support Orji's aspiration. Fashanu's support is a bloody shame to the recently divorced ex-footballer. I wonder why he didn't think of contesting himself.
According to reports the;
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is finding it hard to endorse the candidature of former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu for FIFA Presidency.
Kalu, a former Nigeria presidential aspirant who reportedly declared his intention to contest for the FIFA top position slated for February 26, 2016 needs the backing of NFF to be considered a candidate.
But there are strong indications that Kalu may not get the NFF endorsement. The reason is Kalu’s inability to meet the criteria spelt out in section one of article 13 of the FIFA statutes on such election. Section 1 of article 13 states that a candidate for the office of FIFA President must “have played an active role in association football (as a board member, committee member, referee and assistant referee, coach, trainer and any other person responsible for technical, medical or administrative matters in FIFA, a Confederation, Association, League or Club or as a player) for two of the last five years before being proposed as a candidate (cf. art. 24 par. 1 of the FIFA Statutes).”
Although, NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, disclosed on Monday that the federation would meet to discuss Kalu’s FIFA presidential bid, latest reports indicates that the board has ran out of ideas on how to propel Kalu’s candidature.
A member of the federation disclosed on Wednesday night that their hands were tied by the statutory requirements to endorse Kalu. And that much as it would be pleasing to have a Nigerian contest for FIFA top seat, Kalu’s inability to meet the conditions has forced it to withhold its seal of approval
In my opinion the NFF must turn him down and if they don't do two things will happen;
1) It's either FIFA rejects him which can be based on 1 or 2 FIFA constitutions and laws that may disqualify him or....
2) Foreign observers will dig him and trust and expect that issues of how he managed public funds will pop in and he might just get only one vote from Amaju Pinnick or be rejected based on various corruption charges.... Lobatan!!!
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