Govt intervention saved NFF crisis from more calamities –Danagogo

Minister of Sports and Chairman, Na­tional Sports Commission (NSC), Dr. Tammy Danagogo, has said that if not for the intervention of the Fed­eral Government, the ad­ministrative crisis rock­ing the Nigeria football federation (NFF) would have been more calami­tous.
Danagogo made the comment in a chat with the journalists in Abuja, while reacting to the court order from the Ambas­sador Chris Giwa faction to stop the just concluded NFF election, HE empha­sized that if others are fac­ing contempt charges, he would not be part of them

Asked the outcome of the disobeyed court order, he said: “First and fore­most, I cannot speak for others, whether they will be facing contempt pro­ceeding, but I am not cer­tainly going to face such because I am well groomed in court order.
“I don’t disobey court or­der and I don’t encourage anybody to do so. That was why I had to advice both parties in the first place to obey the order and look for solution. But FIFA said it was government interfer­ence and most journalists equally said the samething
“I said okay if that was how they feel but it is wrong to disregard the or­ders of our court. I don’t encourage that, but I can­not speak for others and the 37 states FA chairmen whether they are heading to court.
“If you say whether I have hands-off NFF, I want to tell you that my hands were not in NFF be­fore. The only thing is that while we will not unduly interfere in the affairs of the federations, but when the need arises we have to do it for the good of the game and for the good of all Nigerians. If we don’t take steps, more calamities would have happened.
“As for the court or­der, lawyers will interpret it and we will decide on what should be and what should not be. I am not aware whether the orders have been fully served in the proper manner but the courts have their own ways of resolving these is­sues and at the end of the day, it will be resolved,” he agued