July 15 or Lose Your Place

The international football federation has issued a lifeline to the Nigeria Football Federation if they want the July 9 suspension lifted.

Nigeria was suspended from international football on Wednesday and that will affect national participation in everything football.

Most notable is the Falconets's participation in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in Canada.

FIFA has issued Nigeria a July 15 deadline to follow all its recommendations or loose its Group C slot in the tournament to a team yet to be decided.

and his administration demanded that the elected NFF board presided over by and board members be reinstated before July 15, failure to adhere to the instructions, the Falconets would loose its place in the Women U-20 World Cup which kicks off on August 3rd.

Before the suspension, FIFA issued Nigeria a July 8 deadline which was not met; the court which sacked Aminu Maigari is scheduled to sit again on July 11th.

The outcome of the court sitting and the determination of the Nigerian football administrators to resolve this crisis, could be the only key that would keep the Falconets in the tournament, having trained and camped in expectation that they should appear in Canada.

Nigeria is drawn in Group C with England, Korea and Mexico.

Another Nigerian team, the Golden Eaglets also stand to suffer the pain of been denied participation in the 2015 AYC qualifier against Congo on July 20.