Applying the code of conduct on the national teams has not been discarded as the Nigeria Football Federation has directed that players who represent the country at all levels must sign the papers.

The decision, amongst others, was reached on Wednesday when the Executive Committee of the federation held its sixth meeting in Abuja.

The fresh directive will take off with Nigeria’s U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, who will campaign at the 2015 FIFA World Cup which kicks off this month in New Zealand.

The NFF members are not limiting the application to the players as it will also cover officials of the national teams.

And just as it has been planned with the launch of the new kits for the national teams, the women’s national team, the Super Falcons, will be the next in line to sign the document will. They will sign the code before the commencement of the FIFA Women’s World Cup holding in Canada by June.

The decision of the NFF board posted on its website read, “In the interest of the nation and as a means of regulating the conduct of players and officials representing the country at any point in time, the Committee endorsed a proposal for all players and officials of the national teams to sign a Code of Conduct, starting with the contingent to the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand and the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada.”

The decision to reintroduce the document to the national teams came up under the tenure of former sports minister Bolaji Abdullahi. The decision followed the first of strike action embarked upon by the Eagles in Namibia after an African Cup of Nations qualifier. The strike action made the team arrive late in Brazil for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Since the document was produced, numerous reasons were tabled as to why the implementation could not start. The Eagles also embarked on an even bigger strike action during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil over cash.

The initial attempt to get the Eagles to sign a code of conduct before the 1998 World Cup in France failed as only two players reportedly agreed to sign.

The Wednesday meeting held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel also determined that elections will be conducted in November 2015 into some of the league boards. The leagues listed are the Nigeria National League, the Nigeria Women Football League and the Nigeria Nation-Wide League.

The members also commended the efforts of their president, Mr. Amaju Pinnick, in promoting Nigeria football at home and abroad.