Yakmut counsels Keshi, NFF on court case

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The Director General of the National Sports Commission, Alhasan Yakmut, has called for a truce in the legal battle between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and sacked Super Eagles’ coach, Stephen Keshi.

Keshi dragged the NFF to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) demanding to be paid N1 billion as compensation for his sack last month as the chief coach of the team by the federation.

Yakmut while revealing that the Sports Commission has concluded plans to settle the case out of court, urged both parties to embrace a more effective Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) strategy.

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“Let me admit that I have personally gotten the letter of the suit but instead of replying, I rather opted to inform the NFF, asking them if they were aware that Keshi has gone to court, which they admitted knowledge of.

“It is left for them, the architects of the contract that engaged and disengaged Keshi to ensure that there is no provision of the engagement that is violated. As for us, we will advise that both parties use Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to settle their disagreement because it is now the most reliable and dependable way of resolving family crisis.

“I want to assure you that is what we are going to apply to manage this crisis between NFF and the very respectable Keshi. We are going to certainly mediate in the crisis because it is my primary assignment,” he added.

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