Infantino will pay a courtesy call on President Muhammadu Buhari, attend the finals of the NFF/Zenith Bank Future Eagles Championship, have an evening with Corporate Nigeria and also have an interactive session with a horde of African FA Presidents who will also be in Nigeria to receive him. This was made known immediately after the the 66th FIFA Congress in Mexico City on the 12th and 13th of May 2016.
President of Nigeria Football Association Amaju Pinnick attest to Infantino’s visit to the country at a later announced date when he said;
“The FIFA president said Nigeria is a big country and a massive footballing nation that should help with the new FIFA leadership’s drive to truly develop the game.
“He is excited about our various capacity-building and youth development programmes and that is why he is coming to watch the NFF/Zenith Bank Championship finals.
“He sees a lot of potentials and dynamism in the current NFF leadership and said he would love to work with the NFF for the general development of the game,” observed Pinnick yesterday.
At the recently-ended FIFA Congress in Mexico City, the world body appointed Senegalese Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, 54, as its first-ever woman Secretary General. The multi-lingual Samoura, who spent 21 years working for the United Nations, will take office next month.
Source: Thisday
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