FIFA general-secretary Urs Linsi told reporters that the NFA congress voted 68 to 30 for the board to be dissolved and fresh elections to the highest decision making body of Nigerian football will be conducted between August 28 and 30 in Abuja.

"The congress went well and FIFA is now looking forward to a democratic and focused NFA by next month," said Linsi.

An electoral committee headed by former NFA boss Jogn Obakpolor was also named for next month's polls.

Nigerian football has been in turmoil since a controversial election in December in Kano, which returned Ibrahim Galadima as chairman of the NFA for a four-year term.

A splinter group challenged the fairness of the elections and with the support of the sports ministry forced FIFA to broker an agreement for an extra-ordinary congress Tuesday.

Two members of the board, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Peter Singabele, dramatically quit their positions Sunday, saying the board was "a sinking ship."

The public and local press have blamed Galadima and his board for the country's failure to qualify for the recent World Cup in Germany after the Super Eagles were beaten by Angola in what many considered was a relatively weak qualifying group.