The Living Perfect Master and founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has called for the immediate dissolution of the present board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
The call came in the wake of the country’s poor 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifying campaign, labelling it “unacceptable” after a 2-1 defeat by Benin left the Super Eagles winless from their opening four games.
Following draws with Lesotho, Zimbabwe and South Africa, Nigeria sit fifth in Group C with three points from a possible 12.
Only the group winners are guaranteed a place at the World Cup finals, which will be jointly hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
In addition to the call for the mass resignation of the NFF board, Maharaj Ji also advocated for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s football structure to arrest the current drift.
“The country had not witnessed such inept football administration in its entire history as the current board is made up of self-seeking individuals who have no inkling on how to develop the game.
“This time around, the ineptitude of the team and the mediocre nature of football administration, was bared for all to see, unlike in the past when we would have attributed the blame for the loss on poor officiating by the match officials.
“We now have a Technical Committee, whose head was more concerned about inconsequential things to the detriment of our football,” he said.
Meanwhile, Maharaj Ji has called for the prosecution of the politicians who imposed the Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau – led board on Nigerians.
“It is clear that Gusau and his team have no pedigree in football administration, as they were appointed to achieve cheap political patronage.
“Their predecessors qualified for major competitions but these people cannot pass the simple test of adequately preparing teams; much less qualifying for competitions.
“The country will only get a sound set of football administrators only if it adheres to the rules and regulations pertaining to electoral matters, to guard against the foisting of mediocre individuals on football administration in the country,” Maharaj Ji posited.
“If it were in other climes where integrity is the watch word in every public office, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board, led by Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, ought to have resigned en-mass with an unreserved apology to Nigerians. The board goes down in history with the worst performance record since the creation of the Football Association in 1945.
“Imagine how the NFF treated one of the technical assistants before and during training just to discourage the whole team to failure.
“We are unreliably informed that 50% FIFA support fund for the upliftment of soccer has been used by one of the chairmen to build an Estate and that they the NFF management have now commenced negotiation to spare the football team and coaches twenty percent (20%), if so, how can we ever move forward in football sports in Nigeria.
“We would recommend that Coach Finidi George, Daniel Amokachi and co. should be recalled and Austin Jay Jay Okocha and Kanu Nwankwo be made Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of NFF while Fani Amun and all the Atlantis brothers who defeated Brazil (Bebeto and Co.) in USA be made ex officio members of the board.
“A situation where hard-working people are treated as monkeys in the name of “sin and repent for the Baboon to chop” should stop now, for Nigeria is neither a pariah state or colonial territory.
“As reported earlier, and/or in the past, the black man has now connected with the Creator to enable constant pure positive and magnetic vibration flow within us now to prove that the Creator loves all and therefore the black people have the Grace to compare favourably, comparatively with the Oyinbo to prove that we are the origin of man to lead the human race from the dreg of failures, scarcity, wars and disappointed hence hiring of Oyinbo Coach becomes a taboo if not sacrilege and recolonization.
“Sack the NFF now. Also sack and replace all the Senior Oyinbo coaches now. They are unfit to manage soccer in the present circumstances, if we want to win.