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General secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has stated that the Football Federation will continue to liaise with the ministry of health and relevant health bodies to ensure that all precautionary measures are taken and safety of players and officials taken care in anticipation of when the postponement will be lifted and games given the permission to be played.
Sanusi speaking in a chat with brila.net said the football Federation have taken care of incidents like this is the past during the Ebola crisis with matches still been played in Nigeria and stressed that this would not see Nigeria wanting as soon as a go ahead is giving by CAF and FIFA to host matches.
“We have received directive from FIFA and CAF and we have to abide by that, we have to wait further directive. We are working to make sure we leave no stone unturned. During the period of Ebola Nigeria played matches in Nigeria and we made sure that all spots are covered, so this is not going to be an exception.”
