President of world football –governing body, FIFA, Mr.
Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samoura will arrive
Nigeria in a fortnight on a two –day working visit. The Italian-Swiss, 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.
"The 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 said.
During the two –day visit, Infantino and Samoura will pay a
courtesy call on His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) 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.
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