![[Photos] Pinnick, FIFA President, Infantino meet in Russia over crisis in Nigerian football](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pinnick-I.jpg)
…as FIFA names Pinnick match commissioner
Sequel to the sack of the Amaju Pinnick led executive of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Barr. Solomon Dalung on Monday, the President of the world football governing body (FIFA), Gianni Infantino on Tuesday met with Pinnick in Russia over the crisis.
The FIFA boss met with Pinnick before the commencement of the ongoing round 16 match between Sweden and Switzerland.
A copy of the match start list sent exclusively to TheNewsGuru.com also showed that the embattled NFF boss was the match commissioner.
Recall that the minister on Monday ordered the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF executive committee to give way to that led by Chris Giwa in compliance with a Supreme Court ruling.
![[Photos] Pinnick, FIFA President, Infantino meet in Russia over crisis in Nigerian football](http://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Pinnick-I.jpg)
In a statement signed by the minister’s special adviser on media, Nneka Anibeze, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports development directed the Nigeria Football Federation, a parastatal under it, to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on April 27, 2018, which restored the orders of the Federal High Court, setting aside the purported election into the Executive Committee of the NFF held on September 30, 2014.
It is expected that the meeting between the two football governing body heads will spare Nigeria from the impending ban by FIFA over the minister’s pronouncement of the Chris Giwa led NFF faction as authentic.
Details shortly…