FIFA President, Infantino To Embark On 2 Days Visit To Nigeria

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has confirmed he would visit Nigeria on a two-day working visit.

The Italian who emerged as FIFA President durirng an extraordinary general assembly in Zurich earlier this year confirmed the trip following a meeting with NFF President Amaju Pinnick in Paris, France on Sunday.

Infantino and FIFA’s Secretary General, Ms Fatma Samoura, will arrive Nigeria in two weeks time.

 “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 told thenff.com.
During the two–day visit, Infantino and Samoura will pay a courtesy call on President Muhammadu 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 were also scheduled to meet with Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode before proceeding to watch 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.