NFF President Aminu Maigari welcomes CAF president Issa
Hayatou
NFF President Aminu Maigari will head a delegation
composed of officials from both the Federation and Globacom that will receive
the CAF president Issa Hayatou in Lagos on Wednesday.
Hayatou is expected to arrive Lagos at 1.25pm aboard a
Cameroonian Airliner for the Glo/CAF African Football Awards, which takes place
on Thursday.
Upon arrival on Wednesday, Hayatou will be received by
Maigari whose reception delegates include NFF Vice-President, Chief Mike Umeh,
Members of the Executive Committee, Chief Emeka Inyama, Deji Tinubu, Alhaji
Muazu Suleyman and Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh.
Also amongst the delegates are the Assistant Director
(Media) Ademola Olajire and top officials of Globacom Communications.
Other dignitaries expected to arrive on Wednesday are
members of the CAF Executive Committee, including Magdi Shams El Din (Sudan),
Constant Selemani Omari (DR Congo) and Algerian Mohamed Raouraoua, who is also
a Member of the FIFA Executive Committee.
Kwesi Nyantakyi and Jacques Anouma, the FA bosses of both
Ghana and Ivory Coast, are billed to arrive on Thursday.
While CAF's Executive Committee members Anjorin
Moucharafou (Benin Republic), Ahmad (Madagascar) and Adoum Djibrine (Chad)
arrived Nigeria on Tuesday.
The Glo-CAF Awards ceremony will take place at the Eko
Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday night.
Culled from Kickoffnigeria
