Maigari To Meet FIFA President

Nigeria Football Association (NFA) President, Aminu Maigari and the Acting General Secretary, Musa Amodu will meet with FIFA President Sepp Blatter and General Secretary, Jerome Valcke at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday, February 3.

The NFA top brass will hold extensive talks with the FIFA chieftains on the possibility of more FIFA goal projects for Nigeria, and quickly too.

The FIFA Development Officer for West Africa, Sampon Kablan, who is on a visit to Nigeria, met with the Members of NFA Executive Committee in Abuja last week  and further drew their attention to the fact that Nigeria can benefit far more than it is currently enjoying.

“I am happy to see the peace and understanding that exists between the Ministry of Sports and the NFA. It is a good thing, and this will propel development programmes.

“All I need from you is permission and support to show positive aggression to secure more FIFA development programmes. You are behind schedule and should be benefitting more.

“Some countries like Ghana and Ivory Coast are on their fourth development projects, while Cape Verde is on the fifth. Nigeria, a great football nation by all means, has only been able to get one, the Technical Centre, and one artificial turf through the ‘Win-In-Africa-For-Africa’ programme that was launched as a result of the first FIFA World Cup in Africa,” stated Kablan.

At different meetings with the Honourable Minister/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Professor Taoheed Adedoja and the NFA  Executive Committee, Kablan has suggested that FIFA should take the lead in the construction of a befitting, ultra-modern secretariat for the Nigeria Football Association.