Monday, July 11, 2016

Fifa president Infantino to visit Nigeria

Fifa president Infantino to visit Nigeria

Fifa president Gianni Infantino and the secretary general Fatma Samoura will be in Nigeria on July 24, 2016, the Nigeria Football Federation has declared.

The football director who was chosen Fifa president in February affirmed the visit taking after a meeting with NFF President Amaju Pinnick in Paris on Sunday.

"The FIFA President and Secretary General will touch base in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Sunday, 24th July on a two-day working visit to Nigeria," Pinnick told thenff.com.

The visit is an underwriting of Pinnick's NFF-drove organization as against Chris Giwa's that is entangled in an argument about the running of Nigeria's football representing body.

Amid the visit, Infantino and Samoura will pay a cordiality approach President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, hold meeting with a large group of African FA presidents who are relied upon in Nigeria to join the NFF to get the Fifa topshots and go to a night session with corporate Nigeria in Lagos.

The pair will likewise meet with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State before viewing the finals of the NFF/ZENITH Bank Future Eagles Championship.

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