Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigeria Football Federation, has said that there is no cause for alarm as regards the law suit instituted by former coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi.
Keshi is demanding compensation of $5million from the NFF for wrongful dismissal and defamation.
Pinnick told Goal that the NFF is not bothered by the case because it has a very capable legal department to deal with the issue.
He disclosed that the federation’s main concern for now is how to move the game to the next level during his tenure.
“Accordingly, the legal department of the Nigeria Football Federation has responded to the letter. We have a lot of things to bother ourselves about,” an unperturbed Pinnick told Goal.
He added that there were lots of programmes that could bring positives to Nigerian football and to him that bothers the leadership of the NFF for now than anything else.
“So we are thinking of taking Nigerian football forward and we are not thinking of going back. That is exactly what we are doing.
“Our concern is strictly Nigerian football and how to better what we met. We are not thinking of dragging into something that we know at this point does not hold water.
“So our lawyers have looked at it and have responded accordingly. We have a very good legal team and they have responded. The response is based on the fact of what they saw. That is what I can tell you about the matter for now,” Pinnick said.
Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigeria Football Federation, has said that there is no cause for alarm as regards the law suit instituted by former coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi.
Keshi is demanding compensation of $5million from the NFF for wrongful dismissal and defamation.
Pinnick told Goal that the NFF is not bothered by the case because it has a very capable legal department to deal with the issue.
He disclosed that the federation’s main concern for now is how to move the game to the next level during his tenure.
“Accordingly, the legal department of the Nigeria Football Federation has responded to the letter. We have a lot of things to bother ourselves about,” an unperturbed Pinnick told Goal.
He added that there were lots of programmes that could bring positives to Nigerian football and to him that bothers the leadership of the NFF for now than anything else.
“So we are thinking of taking Nigerian football forward and we are not thinking of going back. That is exactly what we are doing.
“Our concern is strictly Nigerian football and how to better what we met. We are not thinking of dragging into something that we know at this point does not hold water.
“So our lawyers have looked at it and have responded accordingly. We have a very good legal team and they have responded. The response is based on the fact of what they saw. That is what I can tell you about the matter for now,” Pinnick said.
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