The endorsement of Segun Odegbami by the Nigeria Football Federation as candidate for the forthcoming FIFA presidency has been described as childish.
Former Director of sports, Katsina State, Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad Kofar Soro dropped the hint in a statement made it available to newsmen in Kano over the weekend.
According to him, the NFF are aware of the spelt out criteria of becoming even an executive member of both CAF and FIFA, but due to their short sightedness they disregard the laid down guidelines and opted for Segun Odegbami.
Kofar Soro explained that he is not against Odegbemi’s candidacy; his agitation is for the football body to ensure justice and fairness, in order to avoid embarrassing the country globally.
He advised Odegbami to start from NFF and CAF before craving for the highest post in the world soccer ruling body, FIFA.
The ex-sports administrator added ‘’We have to be sincere to ourselves and the NFF knew that ordinarily, there is no way Odegbami can scale through the process of becoming FIFA President, so why are we deceiving Nigerians on this issues, Kofar Soro explained.
The former Director however, alerts the presidency on the need to be careful on the propaganda of FIFA Presidency in order to avoid tarnishing the image of the country.