Nigeria has been awarded the hosting rights of the 48th Ordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The event marks the third time the country will stage the continent’s top football gathering.
The news was confirmed in a statement issued by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday evening.
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The NFF disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the sidelines of the ongoing Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, approved Nigeria’s proposal to host the event.
The approval followed a meeting between President Tinubu and CAF President Patrice Motsepe, attended by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; NFF President Ibrahim Musa Gusau; former NFF President and Special Adviser to the CAF President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick; and CAF Acting General Secretary, Samson Adamu.
The approval followed a meeting between President Tinubu and CAF President Patrice Motsepe, attended by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; NFF President Ibrahim Musa Gusau; former NFF President and Special Adviser to the CAF President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick; and the CAF Acting General.
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