By Anastasia Agunwa :
Ibrahim Musa Gusau has been elected as the new president of Nigeria Football Federation(NFF).
Gusau was voted into the position at the federation’s committee election held in Benin on Friday.
Gusau, Zamfara-born football administrator defeated nine other contestants to emerge as the successor of Amaju Pinnick of Delta State.
He gathered 39 out of 40 votes in the re-run election after all the candidates had initially failed to meet the 22 votes requirements.
Gusau had earlier managed 21 votes followed by Seyi Akinwunmi who got 12 and Shehu Dikko with 6 and a lone vote for Peterside Idah.
Akinwunmi and Dikko, however, stepped down from the re-run election except for Idah.
During the election, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, chairman of Enyimba FC, was voted in as the first vice-president of the NFF.
Anyasi-Agwu, who polled 23 votes, defeated Obinna Ogba (8 votes) to replace Seyi Akinwunmi as the number two person in the glass house, while Yusuf ‘Fresh’ Ahmed was elected as chairman of chairmen.
Ahmed secured 37 from 41 votes to become the chairman of chairmen.
There were initial doubts over the election after a federal high court in Abuja ruled for its stoppage following a suit by the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN) over unequal representation and voting rights.
But on Thursday, the court of appeal sitting in Abuja vacated the order restraining the conduct of the election.
However, the NFF New Board will run from now till 2026, before another election will be conducted.
The list of the new NFF board are:
President – Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau
First Vice President – Felix Anyansi-Agwu
Chairman of Chairmen – Ahmed Yusuf Fresh
North-Central – RT. Hon. Margaret Icheen
North-East -Alhaji Babagana Kalli and Timothy Henman
North-West – Alhaji Sharif Rabiu Inuwa
South-East – Suspended
South-South – RT. Hon Essien Udofot and Aisha Falode
South-West – Sunday Ajayi and Ganiyu Majekodunmi.
