The National Assembly has asked the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), to provide detailed account of how funds received from external bodies were spent in 2014, within seven days.
Vice president, Seyi Akinwunmi and General Secretary, Musa Adamu, were given the ultimatum after they faced the House Committee on Sports for their 2015 Budget.
Committee chairman, Godfrey Ali Gaiya, rejected the 2014 budget appraisal which the NFF submitted, because it contained only the allocation from the federal government and asked for an account of funds from FIFA, CAF and other external grants.
“I am happy that Musa Amadu is here and he is in a position to know that all the funds from FIFA and CAF ought to be part of what is submitted to Parliament,” Gaiya said.
“Going by what you have presented in this document, one can see that you have just presented expenditure profile of funds you received from the Federal Government, but it goes beyond that.
“We are giving you seven days to come up with details of such grants and funds, including dollar components which you received from your affiliates and sponsors.
“It is within the constitution, captured by the Section 80 of 1999 constitution, that even if a gift is given to any government agency, such an amount must be appropriated and accounted for.
“I am saying this because I am in touch with sports and I know that NFF gets resources from other sources outside government and I know our football is a big brand that has sponsors, like GLO, except you tell this committee they have withdrawn from such sponsorship.
“I know you are affiliated to Caf and I know that Caf and Fifa as your father and your mother give you certain amounts of money. I want to wonder, if in 2014, no such money was collected. You have to explain to us because the documents before us didn’t capture all of that.”
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