President Bola Tinubu has ordered a “comprehensive reform” of Nigerian football following a string of failures by the country’s national teams to qualify for major international competitions.

Tinubu attributed the persistent decline in the fortunes of Nigerian football to what he described as “structural weaknesses” within the system, saying that other sports had recorded progress following the restructuring of the sports sector under the re-established National Sports Commission (NSC).

He ordered the reform to enable Nigeria to overcome its repeated failures to qualify for major regional, continental and global competitions.

The directive came on Thursday, hours after Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Ibrahim Musa Gusau, General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi and members of the federation’s Executive Committee resigned amid mounting pressure over the state of Nigerian football.

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