Nigeria gives up under-17 event

  1. Posted on Saturday 25 October 2008 - 11:35
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    Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana
    Nigeria's Football Federation has told FIFA it wants to pull out of hosting the Under-17 World Cup in 2009. The Nigerian government had already said that funding the $30 million budget was not a priority. The president CAF, Issa Hayatou, said he is "extremely disappointed and shocked" by the move.
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    In a letter, Hayatou reminded the NFF that only African countries had been able to bid for the event because of the senior World Cup in South Africa 2010, according to the BBC.

    "The decision ... is embarrassing not only for CAF but for the whole African continent," he wrote. He called on Nigeria to change its mind.

    "We count on your wisdom to review this decision since Nigeria, as one of the football powerhouses of the African continent, is one of the countries which can make Africa proud whenever hosting world sporting events," he wrote
    Nigeria is the current Under-17 World Champions, having triumphed in South Korea last year.

    World football's governing body FIFA said that they are looking into the situation, while the NFF are yet to comment on the matter.

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