The Chairman of the players union board, NANPF, Nigeria Ex international Sunday Abe has commended the Ibrahim Gusau led board of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF for giving premium attention and unconfined support and empowerment to the Players Status and Arbitration Committee of the football federation to carry out and deliver its assignment in timely and professional manner which has created a large scale of confidence for aggrieved parties within the football ecosystem, be it players, coaches and clubs to approach the committee for the dispensation of justice.
Before the coming in of the current administration, we all know that the players status and Arbitration Committee was never in existence or non functional for more ten years, inspite of the very important role and functions the committee is meant to serve in the Adminstrative structure of football not only in Nigeria but across the globe as it centres on matters of status and welfare of the main actors of the game.
It is the light of the above that I am making a special to the NFF president Ibrahim Gusau who has been wonderful and professional in overseeing the administration of the trade of our members to facilitate the meeting of the committee before the commencement of the 2025/2026 league season to enable it deal with volumes of cases that needs urgent attention to eradicate the possibility of players that may be trade restraint if such cases are not dealt with before the commencement of the new league season. This appeal is as a result of numerous calls received from players of cases they have sent to the committee.
On a final note, our dear president, i have also observed that some decisions or judgment passed and sent to the various leagues for enforcement are yet to be complied with by the affected clubs. It will erode the good jobs and credibility of the committee and by extension the NFF if the decisions are not compled with and necessary sanctions applied for non compliance.
