{"id":19917,"date":"2022-08-27T07:47:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T06:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/?p=19917"},"modified":"2022-08-27T07:47:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T06:47:55","slug":"bar-seyi-akinwunmi-declare-to-run-for-nff-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gongnews.net\/bar-seyi-akinwunmi-declare-to-run-for-nff-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar. 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Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, Mallam Shehu Dikko, Dr. Christian Emeruwa, Abba Yola Peterside Idah and Benedict Akwuegbu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the\u00a0 sale of the expression of interest and nomination forms which will commence on Monday and the Presidential form is pegged at Five hundred thousand naira (N500,000)<\/p>\n<p>While the date for the elective congress fixed for September 30 bearing any hitches from any quarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olayinka Elebute Charismatic Lawyer and Lagos State FA Chairman Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi has finally put an end to\u00a0 speculation as he joined the 2022 Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) presidential race, The Lagos FA chairman announced his desire to go for the top job, in a statement said he would formally declare to run for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":19918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[12919,14147,12917,12918,12920],"class_list":["post-19917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-sports","tag-al-habibiyya-islamic-society","tag-bar-seyi-akinwunmi","tag-federation-of-muslim-womens-association-of-nigeria-fomwan","tag-jamaatu-izalatul-bidia-waikammatu-sunnah-jibwis","tag-sheikh-fuad-adeyemi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bar. 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