Amaju Pinnick is the new head of Nigeria’s football

by Deji Adegbenro

Chairman of Delta State Sports Council, Amaju Melvin Pinnick has been elected the new President of the Nigeria Football Federation. Pinnick polled twenty five of the forty four available votes.

Former NFF Secretary General and current Chairman of Osun State FA, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi finished a distant second with nine votes, Dominic Iorfa was third with six votes while former NFF vice president, Amanze Uchegbulam polled four votes. With no candidate securing 2/3 of the votes, a second round of voting was conducted among the top three contestants.

Needing only a simple majority to win, Pinnick polled thrity two votes, Dominic Iorfa polled eight votes while Taiwo Ogunjobi finished third with four votes.

Pinnick who also doubles as the Chairman of the Delta State FA will replace outgoing president Aminu Maigari

Comments (11)

  1. slim chance. anyways congrats.

  2. congratultions! Amalju

  3. lucky man. congartulabi

  4. How does this affect the cost of garri in lagos?

  5. Congratulations

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