Nigeria Soccer

NFF denies asking Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA President amid controversies

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) logoThe Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has moved to set the record straight after reports, particularly on Nigerian social media, falsely attributed to it a call for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign. In a statement posted on its official X account, the NFF said it had never made any such demand and described the reports as an outright falsehood. “Contrary to reports, especially on social media, @thenff has never asked and is not asking for @FIFAcom President, Mr. Gianni Infantino to step down as FIFA PRESIDENT. This is outright falsehood. Kindly disregard,” the statement read.