World governing body FIFA has given Nigeria 48 hours to revoke its decision to ban its national team from competing on the international stage. Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has suspended the Super Eagles from international competition for two years following their poor showing at the World Cup. They exited the tournament from the first round after finishing bottom of Group B with a sole point, to incur the wrath of Jonathan. FIFA's general secretary Jerome Valcke expressed his dissatisfaction over the controversial decision and has given Nigeria around two days to reverse it. "Nigeria went too far and Nigeria will be suspended if they don't change their position in the next 48 hours," he told South African press. "You can't allow a government to say all national teams can't play anymore in any international tournaments. "Why should we be so strong on France when they did what they did and we say nothing about Nigeria. "We have 208 members ... if you have one country going against our statute, going against the football system, the pyramid of football ... all is destroyed." Presidential spokesman Ima Niboro said the idea was to avoid 'further embarrassment' for the Nigerian national team.
