ABUJA: Buhari Meets FIFA President In Villa

Buhari with Infantino and others

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday hosted the FIFA President, Mr. Gianni Infantino and Secretary General, Ms. Fatma Samoura who arrived the country on Sunday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The FIFA President and scribe are accompanied by two executive assistants; Mattias Grafstrom and Veron Mosengo-Omba.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Infantino and Samoura arrived the seat of power at about 1:50pm for the meeting with President Buhari adding that the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, and the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, were also at the meeting...

A total of 17 FA presidents from other African countries arrived in Nigeria on Saturday to join the NFF in receiving Infantino. These are Kwesi Nyantakyi (Ghana), Lamin Kaba Bajo (The Gambia), Isha Johansen (Sierra Leone), Musa Bility (Liberia), Juneidi Basha Tilmo (Ethiopia), Nicholas Kithuku (Kenya), Andrew Chamanga (Zambia), Philip Chiyangwa (Zimbabwe), Frans Mbidi (Namibia), Chabur Goc Alei (South Sudan), Walter Nyamilandu (Malawi), Abdiqani Said Arab (Somalia), Vincent Nzamwita (Rwanda), Moses Magogo (Uganda), Jamal Malinzi (Tanzania), Augustin Senghor (Senegal) and Souleman Waberi (Djibouti).