By Fidelis Ebu
FIFA and CAF Executive Committee member, Dr Amos Adamu has charged officials of the Nigeria Football Association to clear themselves on allegations of corruption in order to put those in football administration in good light.

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Speaking at the NFA extra-ordinary congress in Abuja last weekend, Dr Adamu also urged the new Executive Committee members to ensure the national team, the Eagles won the 2012 African Cup of Nations and got a ticket for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil .

“If you are accused of corruption, you have to go and clear  yourself so as not to allow the public to see those of  us in football administration in bad light”, Dr Amos Adamu told the delegates at the NFA Extra-Ordinary General Assembly.

Apparently peeved at the current allegations of corruption against NFA executives, the former NFA sole Administrator noted that it was bad that the general pubic now see those administering football as corrupt.

“The general public sees football people as corrupt, and I cannot explain why it is so. People should go and clear their names very urgently, because if sponsors see us as corrupt, they will not come to football again.

It’s only when they see us in good light that sponsors will come”.
Adamu however noted that the new Executive Committee members have a great responsibility to show the world that they can bring the country’s football back to  the glory days.

Piqued over the Eagles’ dismal outing in South Africa the former Director General of the National Sports Commission said there was need for football administrators to show that they were responsible citizens that could be trusted.
“ The new NFA leadership has a great responsibility to show the world that it can return Nigerian football to its rightful place”, he emphasised.