What is going on at the Anambra State Football Association (AnSFA)? That is the question many enthusiasts of the game are asking following the recent discordant vibes coming out of the South Eastern state.
Reports emerged on Monday that incumbent chairman of the Anambra Football Association, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah had been re-elected for another four-year term.
But yesterday, the football governing body in the country, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), came out to say that it has not conducted any election into the state’s FA.
In a statement, the NFF, through its Chairman of Chairmen, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, said what took place on Monday in Anambra State and “which some stakeholders styled ‘an election’ was a charade of very low grade, and the NFF would never recognize such a sham.”
Gusau added, “that was an act of brigandage and the NFF fully dissociates itself from it. The Electoral Committee sent to the NFF a letter which they received from the Anambra State COVID-19 Task Force, requesting that the elections into the State FA and the local football councils be postponed, in line with the situation in the country, as the ban on sporting activities and mass gatherings was still alive. (Guardian)