The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to establish a Special Committee to investigate the alleged mismanagement of financial grants totalling $25 million received by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFA. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance during Tuesday’s plenary, jointly sponsored by Adedayo Adesola (Lagos) and Felix Nwaeke (Rivers). The motion, titled “Motion to Stop Further Misuse of FIFA and CAF Grants by the Nigerian Football Federation,” expressed concern over the alleged diversion of funds, which, according to Adesola, has contributed significantly to the nation’s declining football performance across all levels. Adesola recalled that former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh, had recently accused the NFF of frustrating football development in the country through the misappropriation of FIFA and CAF grants, including the questionable use of $1 million meant to prepare the Super Eagles for the 2002 World Cup. The motion also noted that between 2015 and 2025, the NFF reportedly received over $25 million in development funds from FIFA and CAF, without any tangible improvements or investments to reflect such huge financial support. Speaking on the substance of the motion, the Lagos lawmaker noted that in December 2016, “FIFA sent an audit query over the mishandling of $1.1m development grant to NFF and reported that US$802,000 lacked proper documentation, prompting Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, to order an independent audit and asked NFF to account for receipts and disbursements.” He continued, “The House notes that between 2018 and 2019, NFF officials (including the then President, Amaju Pinnick) faced public criticism and were subject to EFCC and ICPC probes and court actions tied to alleged mismanagement of various funds and sponsorship. “One of these monies, a $1.2m, is the subject of a news item currently trending on social media, which NFF allegedly used to construct Birnin Kebbi Stadium. “We are concerned that a physical inspection of the stadium in Birnin Kebbi showed that it is a substandard facility in terms of quality and quantity, which cannot justify the sum of $1.2m claimed to have been spent on the project by the NFF.” He, however, added that “The Kenyan Football Federation used the same amount of grant to develop a standard and well-equipped facility, to further raise eyebrows on the profligacy in NFF.” He maintained that with another African Cup of Nations round the corner and the World Cup play-off, both involving the Super Eagles of Nigeria, “There is a need to take decisive action on further misuse of public funds by the leadership of NFF.” The motion was unanimously endorsed at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and the House resolved to set up a special investigative committee to probe NFF finances from 2015 to date. It also resolved to invite the leadership of NFF to appear before the special committee with documents showing receipts and expenditures of grants.