Dalung blames Pinnick for lingering crisis in NFF

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung has declared that the former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick and his board members should hold themselves responsible for the current situation they found themselves following the Supreme Court ruling.
Speaking on a radio program in Abuja on Saturday, Dalung explained the effort he made to avert the current situation when he first resumed office as the minister.
He lamented that rather than appreciating his efforts to avert the current tsunami they resorted to using the media and other institutions to call him names.
“I invited them because when I read the entire judgment and the decision in the past I invited and told them that I am somebody who when I am gone people would say I am a prophet.
I told them that the only way is to come back to the table and settle it politically.
There must be consensus among you people and you carry everybody along.
“The moment I said this I was criminalized; I was even invited to the National Assembly and asked to explain why I tried to take a mandate from another person and share it.
They said they were elected so why in the dialogue did I suggest that concession should be made.
“It was done in bad faith because when you go to a dialogue, these are not subject to public knowledge, but it was downloaded to the National Assembly.
And they were accusing me that it is because Giwa is from Jos and that is why I am trying to take over.