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It is Unthinkable to Commence Play off without NFF rounding up Appeals Committee Assignment – Lulu Reminds NLO

Former NFF President Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi has advised the leadership of the Nationwide League One to allow the Appeals Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation to decide on the petition of his club, Fosla FC before going ahead with the Division 1 Group F playoff.

Lulu who spoke at the end of the Group F1 league match between Setraco FC and Fosla FC all of Abuja at the Area 3 playing ground on Wednesday which the Fosla boys won by three goals to one, said the petition was on one of his players that he nurtured from JSS1 to University, only for the player to be registered by Police FC with a fictitious clearance from a non existing Academy claiming that that they trained the boy when he was 6 years, and our Petition on this was thrown away by the NLO disciplinary committee.

Continuing, Lulu who expressed confidence on the ability of the NFF to take good decisions to right the wrong, and encourage private and passionate individuals like him to continue to invest in the development of the game in the country.

With the last group matches played on Wednesday in Group F1, Fosla FC finished with 26 points from 14 matches, winning 8, drawing 2, losing 4, scoring 21 goals and conceding 12 goals. They were one point below Flight FC who finished with 27 points.

Fosla FC is the only Nigerian League Club where all the 30 registered players are all undergraduate students of Nasarawa State University.

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Oluchi Tobe-Chukwu

Oluchi Tobe-Chukwu popularly known as tobex is the Vice chairman of Sports writers Association of Nigeria , lagos Chapter. She Is also the Media Spokesperson of the Super Falcons of Nigeria. She is an award winning women's football writer. Tobex is also an ex footballer that was privileged to play in the first NFF organised women's league in 1990 as a player of Hamza Queens. Her last club as an active footballer was Ibom Angels as She paved way to further her education years ago. She is a Federal Government scholar , with a degree in Mass communication, a second degree in Public Relations and Advertising (Communication Studies). She is a Wife and Mother.

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