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Nigeria May Host The World Cup Soon… Infantino

Oluwole Francis

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has disclosed that Nigeria has the facilities and capacity to host international competitions like the female World Cup and FIFA tournaments.

 

The FlFA boss said this when he paid a visit to the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja in company of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development and NFF President Amaju Pinnick.

“Actually the type of stadia you have in Nigeria especially this one in Abuja and can host any international match.
It is not about Nigerian football and CAF football it is all about top international games so we are working.

Deserve the best quality games of international standard at the top both national and international games.

It is not about Nigerian football and African football, it is about global games.

So we are working together to see what kind of new opportunities, competitions, events and tournaments we can bring for men and women football to fill this Stadium and make the heart of the Stadium beat with fantastic spectators for the game Nigerians love which is football.

He said he was the State House where he went to discuss with President Muhammad Buhari about how to move football forward in the country.
Infantino also he had some fruit full discussions with some Coporate bodies and sports ethusiats like Aliko Dangote who helping maintenance of some stadiums facilities.

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