AS I was saying last week, Nigerians have the golden opportunity to right the wrongs in our football administration after beleaguered Sani Lulu Abdulahi regime has been removed. But there are doubts if the remnants, Aminu Maigari and Co. who were part of the regime, have any moral right to remain in office for them to carry out any meaningful re-organisation.

Ironically, Maigari, who led the impeachment group and being a member of the NFF Board is legitimate to hold the fort until substantive officers are elected. But he should be wary of how he is throwing the axe of dismissal. The problem was with the manner the NFF was being run and money being spent, not with the staff of the NFF.

Happily more and more voices are being added to the issue. Last week, I made a strong plea that the August 21 election will be futile unless the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT, held their own elections and the winners will form the electoral college to pick national officers. If the August 21 election went ahead with the present states F.A. Chairmen, majority of whom were not elected, or had been financially compromised to vote in block for some candidates, in the out-gone NFF cabal, such election would be nothing but a sham.

Let us try and get it right. If the opportunity to democratise elections into the NFF is allowed to slip away, we may not get it for a long time to come. Election riggers or fixers are poised to grab the NFF not for the good of the game, but for what they can make out of our football. While it is not desirable for government to influence the election, it has a role to play by ensuring that every aspirant has a level playing field.

Let us clean the polity by doing away with zoning. Impressively some states in the Federation have put forward some of their best materials for the NFF election.

That is how it should be. Nigerians are tired of flotsam and jetsam desecrating our football.