The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reacted to the sanction against it by football governing body, FIFA.

What happened:

FIFA had fined NFF for fielding Shehu Abdullahi against Algeria after was suspended for a match earlier.

FIFA also awarded a 3-0 victory to Algeria, which however did not affect Nigeria’s qualification for the World Cup.

What NFF said:

In a statement on Tuesday, NFF said its President, Amaju Pinnick has ordered an internal inquiry and “persons found culpable be dealt with.”

The statement read, “NFF President has directed that an internal inquiry be instituted immediately & persons found culpable be dealt with. “We accept the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary C’ttee to fine the NFF and award the match to Algeria.

“At the same time, I want to assure that persons responsible for this slip would not be given just a slap on the wrist. We are actually looking at a re-organization of the Technical Department.

“The Technical C’ttee will henceforth play serious superintending role on all details, no matter how minute, in technical matters. “It is important that all committees and depts at the NFF should move at the same pace as the Executive C’ttee,” said Pinnick.