A Jos High Court on Friday, April 8 sacked Pinnick as president of the NFF and ordered Chris Giwa as the new boss.

Giwa has always claimed that the September, 2014 election which put Pinnick in office was faulty but his case was ruled out by FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sports.

The NFF responded swiftly by filing an appeal to vacate the order and a motion for a stay-of-execution against the judgement of the Jos High Court.

The appeal filed on the same day as the court order means the status quo remains, meaning Pinnick remains NFF President pending determination of suit.

Despite the appeal from Pinnikc, Giwa has started to act as the president of the NFF with his faction.

That didn’t stop Pinnick and other leadership of the NFF to hold an extraordinary meeting in Abuja.

These eight decisions were made at the meeting;

1. Salisu Yusuf and Shaibu Amodu were appointed as interim coaches of the . The duo will lead Nigeria in their upcoming international friendly matches against Mali and Luxembourg.

Imama Amapakabor (1st Assistant), Kennedy Boboye (2nd Assistant) and Alloy Agu (Goalkeeper Trainer) will support the coaches.

2. Search for a new coach of the Super Eagles will commence after the friendly games ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group phase draw.

A small team of eminently –qualified persons with the required pedigree will take charge of the process, and the best candidate would be selected, irrespective of whether he is indigenous or expatriate.

3. Support was rallied for Dream Team VI coach, Samson Siasia ahead of the football tournament of at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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4. Committee also called on the NFF Board to give Coach Emmanuel Amuneke all the support as the U-20 National Team, Flying Eagles, begin the race for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Zambia 2017. The committee noted with delight that Amuneke has picked most of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners, which tallies with the vision of the present NFF administration for growth, continuity and seamless transition.

5. The Committee congratulated the Super Falcons for the team’s qualification for the Africa Women Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2016, but observed that there is need for an overhaul of the team, particularly in certain playing positions. It therefore charged the technical crew headed by Florence Omagbemi to work assiduously towards re-engineering the squad before the finals in Cameroon.

6. With the draw for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, Papua New Guinea 2016 already conducted, and Nigeria’s Falconets set to confront Spain, Canada and Japan, the Committee called on Head Coach Peter Dedevbo to submit his programme for the World Cup in good time.

7. The Committee also called on the Head Coach of U-17 Women National Team, Bala Nikyu, to start working on his possible programme for the World Cup as there are only a few months after the Draw on 30th May and the kick –off of the tournament in September.

8. Committee approved the submission for a process to be initiated for the grading and certification of Nigerian coaches, beginning with the NFF C-License program in June 2016. This course would be conducted across the six geopolitical zones of the country.