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March 18, 2020
Nigeria Football Federation NFF, Amaju Pinnick has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate the death of Nasarawa United player, Chineme Martins.
The federation charges the panel to come up withrobust and sincere recommendations that would constitute the standard protocolsfor football organization in the country going forward.
The committee, which has former NFF board member,Peter Singabele as chairman, is expected to visit Lafia Stadium, where Martinsslumped and died, as well as other stadiums across the country.
Pinnick and members of the committee, as well as NFFExecutive Committee member, Aisha Falode, who was present at the inauguration,observed a one minute silence in honour of the departed Chineme Martins, whoslumped and died during a Nigeria Professional Football League match betweenhis club Nasarawa United and Katsina United at the Lafia City Stadium on March8, 2020.
Chairman of the committee, Singabele, who is amember of the CAF committee on sports medicine, thanked the NFF President forthe opportunity given them to take a very critical look at organization offootball matches in Nigeria.