Sani Lulu opens can of worms

Former president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Sani Lulu has opened a can of worm by telling Nigerians to ask the football house led by Aminu Maigari to account for the whereabouts of the fund meant for the construction of the just-commissioned building.

Sani Lulu

Aminu Maigari

Lulu made this call at the commissioning of the NFF new secretariat constructed by the Presidential Task Force, PTF led by Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi today.

The quantity surveyor claimed that his board initiated the project, did the architectural drawings and others; and they were keeping the money for the construction of the secretariat with the World Football Governing Body, FIFA, before they left office.

He said since the PTF had eventually constructed the building, that means the money set aside for the building was not used hence the need for Nigerians to ask the present board what they did with the money.

Sani Lulu however refused to comment further on how much money and what happened to the money. “I was the originator of this project. Physically, this project started in 2006, when I became the NFF president and we saw the light and the land given to us by the then minister of Sports, Engr Bala Ka’oje, who gave us the site.

“So we commenced the project, so we were saving money to FIFA to ensure that we complete the project. We have almost completed the design and everything up to the point I left but I am happy that the project has been completed by PTF,” he concluded.