PRESIDENT, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Sani Abdullahi Lulu, believes that only God can take him away from the federation despite the agitations against his administration from different quarters. The NFF chief also believes that he would continue to lead the federation for as long as possible no matter what his detractors do to unseat him.


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Speaking to journalists at his Nigeria 2009 Local Organising Committee's (LOC) office on Tuesday, Lulu said he was satisfied with the progress made by his federation since the present board started leading Nigerian football, adding that the gains of his administration would soon begin to manifest.

According to Lulu: "We have tried to raise the standard of Nigerian football to an appreciable level, but it seems some people are bent on bringing us down. But that is unfortunate because people are bent on destroying everything we have done to achieve their selfish interests.

"I was not born to be NFF president. God puts me there and no matter what people do, they cannot remove me from the position unless God allows it."

On his second term ambition, Lulu said only time would decide if he would bid for another chance to lead the NFF, adding that he was pre-occupied with putting Nigerian football on a sound footing.

Taking a look at the national Under-20 team's performance at the Egypt 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the criticism that has trailed the team's coach, Samson Siasia since Germany knocked out Nigeria from the competition, Lulu described the embattled coach as one of the good hands in the job. But he added that the Super Eagles former striker needed to mature before he would become a truly great coach.

"We will look at the events of the competition to find out what actually happened in Cairo. We do not doubt Siasia's ability, but we need to look at the circumstances that led to the poor outing in Egypt."

Lulu also reiterated his belief that Nigeria would qualify for the World Cup ahead of the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia.

"We all need to support Nigeria to qualify for the World Cup; but we must do it properly. We should have a way of motivating the players to give their best without necessarily throwing money at them. Money is not everything. It can serve as a big distraction to the boys. What we are doing is to ensure that they are in the right frame of mind to tackle and beat Kenya in our last game," he said.




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