By Dianabasi Effiong
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated Etubom Paul Bassey and Chief Isaac Danladi, two eminent members of the Nigeria football family, on their appointments as commissioners by the Akwa Ibom State and Nasarawa State governments respectively.
“These appointments are, no doubt, just reward for the excellent contributions that these two illustrious men have made to football development in their different States in particular, and the country in general, in over one decade.
“Etubom Bassey and Chief Danladi have had their hands on the plow in Nigeria football for a very long time, and they have always shown great passion, dedication, and diligence all the time.
“The NFF congratulates them on their new posts and believes they will do more than enough to justify the confidence reposed in them by their State Chief Executives,” NFF President Ibrahim Gusau said on Tuesday.
Bassey, a dyed-in-the-wool communication expert, rose through the ranks from the position of a reporter to becoming a newspaper publisher.
He also worked as a member of the Media Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
He later became the CAF and FIFA General Coordinator and had been Chairman of the elite-division club Akwa United FC, for over a decade, alongside serving meritoriously as Special Adviser to the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Sports.
He has always been at the forefront of ensuring comfort for players and officials of the National Teams whenever they are in Uyo to play international matches.
Chief Danladi, who recently retired as a permanent secretary in the Nasarawa State Civil Service, was also Chairman of NPFL club, Nasarawa United FC, for more than a decade and is surely leaving giant footprints in the sands of time.