The late former secretary-general of Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi will forever be remembered in Osun State and the country at large, following a decision by the nation’s soccer governing body to name their satellite secretariat in his honour.
Footballlive.ng can report that Ogunjobi’s name is bound to be etched on the sands of time and immortalised, following a decision by top shots of the Nigerian soccer governing body to name after him a mini-secretariat being constructed in Osogbo, Osun State capital.
Considering that the late soccer technocrat of former national team player hailed from Osun State, the executive committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) supported a suggestion by their president, Melvin Amaju Pinnick for the forthcoming edifice in the state capital to be named Taiwo Ogunjobi Football House.
A communique issued at the end of their meeting in Asaba, Delta State reads in part: “In honour of the former NFF Board Member and Chairman of the Osun State Football Association, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi who passed on in February 2019 and was buried on 15th March 2019.
“The Executive Committee endorsed a pronouncement of the President of NFF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick to christen the Mini-Secretariat being constructed in Osogbo, Osun State capital as Taiwo Ogunjobi Football House.
“In line with the new thinking and focus of world football –governing body, FIFA with regards to laying less emphasis on building infrastructure and more on football pitches.
“The Executive Committee resolved that after the ongoing Mini-Secretariat projects must have been completed in each of the 36 States and the FCT, the mission of building two Football Pitches in each State of the Federation and the FCT would commence apace.
“In the meantime, work would proceed quickly on the building of Mini-Secretariats for the next batch of selected beneficiary States as soon as the sponsors release the money for the project, expectedly before the end of March 2019.”
