A chieftain of the Nigeria Football Federation says the football house has appeal to FIFA to allow Fulham star Ademola Lookman play for Nigeria while the await the final step of his clearance.
Lookman has already applied to switch allegiance to Nigeria from England since 2019 but a combination of issues like the lockdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has stalled the process.
The lengthy process usually takes around a year to complete for players who have played for England at youth levels due to the fact that all football associations under the United Kingdom totalling five need to sign.
For now not all have signed the document from FIFA due to issues mentioned above and the Nigerian FA want special consideration for Lookman, like they got when the process of Kevin Akpoguma’s switch from Germany was hurried through to enable him make his debut for Nigeria.
“ We have gotten permission from Rohr to quicken the process because he is keen on having him for the games in March. On our part we have specially written to FIFA to grant our wish since the player in question have already started the process. We hope to get a response soon”, he said.
