FIFA President, Mr Gianni Infantino and the Secretary General, Ms Fatma
Samoura will arrive Nigeria on July 24, 2016, on a 2–day working visit.
The President of
the world football governing body confirmed the trip following a meeting
with NFF President, Amaju Pinnick in Paris, France on Sunday.
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.
“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 2–day
visit, Infantino and Samoura will pay a courtesy call on President Muhammadu
Buhari at the Presidential Villa and also meet with Lagos State Governor,
Akinwunmi Ambode before watching the finals of the NFF/ZENITH Bank Future
Eagles Championship.
They will also hold
meeting with African FA presidents who are expected in Nigeria to join the NFF
to receive the FIFA President and attend an evening session with corporate
organisations in Lagos.
The Italian-Swiss,
who was elected FIFA President at an extraordinary general assembly in Zurich
on February 26, 2016 while Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura was appointed FIFA
Secretary General at the 66th FIFA Congress in Mexico City on May 12.
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