FIFA President Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samoura, arrived Abuja on Sunday accompanied by executive assistants Mattias Grafstrom and Veron Mosengo-Omba.
The FIFA top shots, who are in Nigeria to meet with African FA heads, were received on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by NFF President Amaju Pinnick and General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi.
A total of 17 FA presidents from other African countries arrived in Nigeria on Saturday to join the NFF in receiving Infantino.
These are Kwesi Nyantakyi (Ghana), Lamin Kaba Bajo (The Gambia), Isha Johansen (Sierra Leone), Musa Bility (Liberia), Juneidi Basha Tilmo (Ethiopia), Nicholas Kithuku (Kenya), Andrew Chamanga (Zambia), Philip Chiyangwa (Zimbabwe), Frans Mbidi (Namibia), Chabur Goc Alei (South Sudan), Walter Nyamilandu (Malawi), Abdiqani Said Arab (Somalia), Vincent Nzamwita (Rwanda), Moses Magogo (Uganda), Jamal Malinzi (Tanzania), Augustin Senghor (Senegal) and Souleman Waberi (Djibouti).
On Monday, Infantino and Samoura,will pay a courtesy call on President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.
Also on the programme for Monday is an U-13 exhibition football match at the National Stadium, visit to the new NFF headquarters and a business dinner with Nigeria’s political heavyweights and captains of industry
Related
powered by sue.ng a legal search engine