Why I Lured Dangote and Otedola to FIFA Awards - Amaju Pinnick

Amaju Melvin Pinnick, the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has stated his decision to extend his VVIP gesture invitation to Femi Otedola and Aliko Dangote to witness FIFA award in London as a way of luring private sector to Nigerian football.



Amaju Pinnick made it known when addressing press men in London that the duo of Dangote and Otedola were impressed after the FIFA awards night where Luka Modric was named the World Best.

“I m delighted the two great men of industry in Nigeria accepted my invitation. They left the event very impressed with the caliber of people running the affairs of football in the world and how Nigeria is recognized and appreciated by the leadership of FIFA.

“This is one of the things we are doing as a soccer federation to inject the private sector into the game back home.”

“As I discussed prior to the Katsina election, our vision is to have a self-sustaining football in Nigeria in order to ensure that government’s role would only be of protection and not using tax payers money to fund football; that can be channeled into other significant sectors,”

The NFF President disclosed that his board have scheduled a meeting with Dangote and would happen in a couple of days to see how he could partner with the federation.

It would be worth of a note that under Amaju Pinnick led NFF administration, the federation has attracted many corporate sponsors such as energy giants Aiteo, who’s paying the salaries of all the national team coaches.