FIFA president Gianni Infantino will arrive in Nigeria on July 24th on a two day working visit
This is according to the Nigerian football federation website statement published on Monday
This was necessitated following a meeting between the swiss-Italian born with Nigerian FA president Amaju Pinnick in Paris, France
Infantino was elected FIFA President at an extraordinary general assembly in Zurich on 26th February
“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 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 tea, the statement read in parts
Source thenff.com
