The world football governing body's supremo
will be in the country in the last week of July
alongside his secretary general
Fifa president Gianni Infantino and the
secretary general Fatma Samoura will be in
Nigeria on July 24, 2016, the Nigeria Football
Federation has announced.
The football administrator who was elected
Fifa president in February confirmed the
visit following a meeting with NFF President
Amaju Pinnick in Paris 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 told thenff.com.
The visit is an endorsement of Pinnick's NFF-
led administration as against Chris Giwa's
that is embroiled in a dispute over the running
of Nigeria's football governing body.
During the visit, Infantino and Samoura will
pay a courtesy call on President Muhammadu
Buhari in Abuja, hold meeting with a host 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.
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