Federation of International Football
Association (Fifa) has given Super Eagles
coach, Stephen Keshi, two weeks to
respond to racism charges brought before
the world football governing body about
comments he made on former Malawi
coach Tom Saintfeit.
Thisday reports the deadline was issued in a
letter received by the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) from Fifa before the
September 7 2014 World Cup final
preliminary round duel at the UJ Esuene
Stadium, Calabar, where the Eagles emerged
2-0 winners.
According to the letter, Keshi, 51, is expected
to respond to the Belgian coach’s claims on
or before Thursday, September 19.
The Football Association of Malawi (Fam) had
written to Fifa over comments made by Keshi
in reference to Saintfeit, saying: “He is not an
African person, he is a white dude. He should
go back to Belgium.”
Keshi, who was responding to the Football
Association of Malawi’s (Fam) security
concerns as penned to Fifa last month over
the choice of Calabar for the final Group F
game, has said he was not throwing jibes at
the Belgian, but defending his country and
players.
Fifa has critically stated its zero-tolerance
stance on racism and has now issued a 2-
week ultimatum to Keshi to respond to the
charges brought against him before them.
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