NFF DID NOT BOOK THE TEAM'S TICKETS FROM COSTA RICA, FIFA DID...NFF Secretary General, Dr Mohammed Sanusi.
It is no longer news that the falconets who participated at the FIFA WOMEN UNDER 20 WORLD CUP IN TURKEY crashed out at the quarter finals with Netherlands beating Nigeria to it with 2-0. But what is news is that, the global football governing body FIFA, made Nigeria's falconets to end up stranded at the Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Dr Mohammed Sanusi, the secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation has this to say: NFF did not book the team's tickets, FIFA did. And even when we pleaded for compassionate transit visas to enable us take the players to town in Germany just to book hotel accommodation for them, they still refused us because they said Nigeria is already removed from the list of countries with access to visa on arrival in Turkey. Rather, they took the players to secure space for them at the departure in Istanbul airport were the players had access to meal tickets every five hours. Now, question is: What...