FIFA President, Gianni Infantino,12 Presidents are expected Lagos for the FIFA Executive Football Summit billed for February 20-22.
This was confirmed by the Nigeria Football Federation boss Amaju Pinnick in an address to the press.
Twelve presidents from African and six
from the Caribbean are scheduled to report on their experiences and
country-specific issues and bring themselves up to date on the global
game in the summit that will provide all of the delegates with an
opportunity to share their knowledge and coordinate next steps.
Also expected is CAF President , Ahmad Ahmad together
with FIFA General Secretary, Fatima Samba Samoura, President of the
Dutch FA, Michael Van Praag and Slavisa Ikokezia, who is current
President of Serbia Federation
“Gianni Infantino will be in Nigeria on
Monday for the FIFA Executive Summit which will be a three-day event and
this will bring all international media down to Nigeria,” Pinnick said.
Representative of 25 associations are
scheduled to attend the meeting that will be held at Eko Hotel and
Suites, where they will talk on shaping world football with discussions
focusing on the FIFA Forward programme as well as youth and women’s
competitions.
The series of summits was launched in
Paris in November 2016 by Infantino, who made it clear that the
beautiful game can only develop successfully if FIFA cooperates closely
and communicates regularly with its 211 member association.
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