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| Aminu Maigari |
President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu
Maigari has taken a swipe at the Malian Football Federation (NFF) for allegedly
parading older players against the Golden Eaglets in Sunday’s 2013 Under-17
African Junior Championship qualifier in Calabar.
Maigari, a member of the Confederation of African
Football (CAF) Organising Committee for the African Nations Championship, said
the action of the Malian FA is contrary to the overall development of football
on the continent.
He added that the NFF would follow the protest
against the eligibility of such clearly over-aged players in a cadet
competition to a conclusive end.
“I was ashamed of the Malian FA when I saw their
players and it was glaring that these are not Under-17 players,” a clearly
angry Maigari said after a hard-won 2-0 victory by the Nigerian youngsters.
“This Malian team that was paraded against the
Golden Eaglets could pass off as the senior national team of Mali but it is
good that we beat them fairly here.”
The NFF’ President said he was confident that the
Golden Eaglets would eventually qualify ahead
of the Malians even as he has requested
CAF to be vigilant to the
despicable attitude of some of its affiliated countries.
“I want to urge all African football federation to
desist from the shameless attitude of the Malian FA because it would jeopardise
the future of the game on the continent on the long run. I believe CAF would
look at the merit of our case because this is just not a healthy competition,” he
said.
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