Nigeria’s bid to host the 2027 AFCON in Cairo is set to come under spotlight at Wednesday’s Confederation of African football (CAF) Executive Committee meeting where the Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan-Enoh is expected to make a presentation.
The Minister and the leadership of Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF) will attend the meeting as representatives of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
It would be recalled that Nigeria and the Republic of Benin presented a joint bid to host the AFCON in 2027.
All countries who submitted bids to host the AFCON tournament in 2025 and 2027 respectively are expected to attend the meeting.
Hence, Nigeria will make a 10 minutes presentation to the CAF EXCO, and thereafter will be allocated time to answer questions from its presentation.
The Nigerian delegation includes NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi and bid Coordinator, Mainasara Ilo.
The Independent Assessment Committee of CAF will submit their reports for assessment and discussions by the CAF EXCO.
As part of the procedure, CAF’s team had visited Nigeria and assessed facilities at different proposed host venues around the country.
