PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari yesterday charged members of the board of the Nigeria Premier League to eschew rancour and mischief, and instead embrace the virtues of collaboration and co-operation in the interest of the domestic game.Speaking during a courtesy visit by the board members to the NFF Secretariat in Abuja, the NFF President said he was very much interested in reconciliation of all parties and interests within the Nigeria game in order that everyone can work as one towards the progress of football in the land.'Football is all about team-work; that is why 11 players make a team. No man can do it alone. The questions that should agitate our minds should be: How do we truly develop the game' How do we bring the fans back to the stadia across the country''We need to get our people showing more interest in our domestic football than foreign matches and teams, as it was in the old days. We must bring back the old glory of the domestic game, and all these can only be possible if we work as one without rancour or acrimony.'I am happy that you have all agreed to work together despite initial misunderstanding here and there, and we must all thank God for bringing this rift to an end. Now that reconciliation has been achieved, we all must, in the interest of the game, in the interest of generations yet unborn and in the interest of our great country, put heads together and work towards the real growth of the Nigeria game.NPL chairman, Chief Rumson Victor Baribote thanked the NFF President for the Federation's role in resolving the leadership impasse at the NPL and assured that the protracted crisis had made him a more matured persons.Meanwhile,THE decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to award the hosting rights of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations to South Africa has been described by Nigeria as disrepectful to the country.The arrangement which CAF initially frowned at before finally approving it saw Nigeria, designated in 2006 as standby host for three African Nations Cup tournaments between 2010 and 2014 (now pushed back to 2013), completely ignored.Acting Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Musa Amadu was incensed, especially after Nigeria wrote to CAF last month when news of the arrangement first scooped, to remind the body of the existing decision."We are deeply disappointed at this decision by CAF," Amadu told KickOffNigeria.com. "It is total disrespect to Nigeria. "When we heard about this so-called arrangement last month, we wrote to CAF reminding them that they had made us standby hosts, and ifLibya were unable to host, then it should be offered to us first "The Secretary General assured us at the time that no decision had been reached, and he would pass the letter on to the Executive Committee."But the Executive Committee are now telling us our letter came late. The question is, did we even need to write to them to remind them of a decision that the same Executive Committee took
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