President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has explained why he dropped his ambition to run for the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Presidency.

He said; “It is about the future of the great game and that is why I decided to throw my weight behind Patrice Motsepe and I would say it was not a mistake. When you see someone with superior qualities, then you throw your support and allow them to thrive.”

“The FIFA council is equally very important and Nigeria is the biggest country in the continent, having about 16 per cent of the continent’s population which means that Nigeria is supposed to be in the council. When I get there by God’s grace, Nigeria will have a representative in the council”.

“FIFA have good intentions for CAF as they want to build stadia but they need an enabling environment, integrity, decorum, support and so I know there would be strong reforms when Patrice gets elected and with whatever they are doing, we as a body and country want to discover more Onuachus, Chukwuezes and other talented footballers that are everywhere in the continent.”

“So we need an enabling environment and support to bring them out, which is what we want to do at CAF.”