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Friday, March 8, 2013
FIFA Queries Nigeria’s Lesbian Ban
Dilichukwu Onyedinma, chair of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), was quoted as making the statement.
“Any player associated with it willbe disqualified,” she is quoted as saying.
While contravening Fifa’s anti-discrimination policies, the situation is made more complicated because homos**xuality is illegal in Nigeria.
Currently, a Same-S**x Marriage (Prohibition) Bill that specifically outlaws same-s**x unions is awaiting a signature from president Goodluck Jonathan to go in to law.
If that occurs, gatherings of homos**xuals or any other support for gay clubs, organisations, unions – whether in secret or in public -will be banned, with same-s**x couples facing up to 14 years in prison.
In a speech at the NWFL’s recent annual general assembly, Onyedinma is reported to have said that lesbian players would no longer be eligible for the Nigeria women’s national team and would “be sacked” from their club sides.
The Super Falcons have won the Africa Women’s Championship eight times, but exited the 2011 Women’s World Cup at the group stage and did not qualify for London 2012.
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