FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed he will arrive Nigeria in two weeks time for a 2-day working visit. Infantino,
who was elected FIFA President at an extraordinary general assembly in
Zurich on 26th February 2016, confirmed the trip following a meeting
with NFF President Amaju Pinnick in Paris, France on Sunday.
FIFA President and Secretary General will arrive in the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja on Sunday, 24th July on a two –day working visit to
Nigeria,” Pinnick told thenff.com.
During the two –day visit, Infantino and Samoura will pay a courtesy
call on President Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, hold
meeting with a legion of African FA presidents who are expected in
Nigeria to join the NFF to receive the FIFA topshots and attend an
evening session with Corporate Nigeria in Lagos.
The duo will also meet with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State
before watching the finals of the NFF/ZENITH Bank Future Eagles
Championship. A welcome dinner put together by the League Management
Company and also attended by members of the diplomatic corps is on the
cards.
At the one –hour meeting involving Infantino, Samoura and Pinnick on
Sunday, Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung spoke
with the FIFA boss and expressed Nigeria’s readiness to welcome the FIFA
team.
Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, 54, was appointed FIFA Secretary General at
the 66th FIFA Congress in Mexico City on 12thMay. The Senegalese, who
has wide experience working with the United Nations in several
countries, is the first –ever woman to hold the position in FIFA’s 112
–year history. A few days after her appointment, Samoura welcomed
Pinnick and NFF 2nd Vice President/LMC chairman, Shehu Dikko, to a
breakfast meeting at her UN office in Abuja.
