NFF announces candidates cleared for election

Seven candidates have been cleared to vie for the presidency of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) billed for Tuesday September 30 in Warri, Delta state.

The electoral committee also gave the go-ahead to 30 other candidates eyeing different positions in the federation.

The positions and candidates are listed below:

PRESIDENT

Ogunjobi Taiwo Joseph (Osun State)

Yola Abba Abdullahi (Kano State)

Chief Mike Umeh (Anambra State)

Pinnick Amaju Melvin (Delta State)

Iorfa Mtem Dominic (Benue State)

Dikko Shehu (Kaduna State)

Amanze U. Uchegbulam (Imo State)

1ST VICE PRESIDENT

Inyama Emeka (Abia state)

Adamu Shehu (Kaduna State)

Seyi Akinwunmi (Lagos State)

Suleyman Muazu (Sokoto State)

CHAIRMAN OF CHAIRMEN

Musa Gusau Ibrahim (Zamfara State)

ORDINARY MEMBERS

North Central Zone

Agara Silas (Nasarawa State)

Hon. Suleiman Yahaya Kwande (Plateau State)

Ahmed Yusuf (Fresh) (Niger State)

Bewarang Bitrus Yigol (Plateau State)

North East Zone

Yahuza Adamu Haruna (Bauchi State)

Abiso Alhaji Bashir (Bornu State)

Modibbo Hussaini A. (Taraba State)

Kachalla Baba Gana Kalli (Bornu State)

Zira Emmanuel Stephen (Adamawa State)

North West Zone

Sharu Rabiu Inuwa (Kano State)

Balele Aminu (Katsina State)

Babangida M. Tukur (Kano State)

South East Zone

Agwu Felix Anyasi (Abia State)

Obikwelu Jude Benjamin Chukwudi (Anambra State)

Okenwa Chidi Ofo (Enugu State)

Igbokwe Leonard Ikechukwu (Anambra State)

South-South Zone

Tenebe Jarrett Celestine (Edo State)

Green Christopher Tam-Abinye (Rivers State)

Oswald Atuake (Cross River State)

Chief Abel Ehigie (Edo State)

Gospel Ewa (Bayelsa State)

South West Zone

Adepoju Emmanuel Olaleye (Oyo State)

Tinubu B. Ayodeji(Lagos State)

Otunba Sunday Dele Ajayi (Ondo State)

Majekodunmi G.A. Adesina (Ogun State)

Some candidates were tagged ‘Disinterested Previously Cleared Candidates’ but have failed to write to the NFF electoral committee to express their willingness to participate in the elections based on their previous clearance and contest for the positions set against their respective names.

They are:

Giwa Christopher Musa  – North Central Zone  (Plateau  State) – President

Yahaya Adama – North Central (Kogi State) –  Ordinary member

Farouk Yarma Adamu – North East Zone (Gombe State) – Ordinary member

Shema Mohammed Sani – North East Zone (Yobe State) – Ordinary member

Chief Obinna J. Ogba – South East Zone (Ebonyi State) – 1st Vice president

Chief Johnson Etim Effiong – South-South Zone (Akwa Ibom State) – Chairman of Chairmen

Chief Obuah Felix Amaechi – South-South Zone (Rivers State) – Ordinary member

Segun Odegbami – South West Zone (Ogun State) – President