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The President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick; the 1st Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi; and the General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, flew out of Nigeria on Wednesday morning for the congress, which highlight is the election of a new FIFA president among five men of varying ages and comportment.

Soft-spoken Garba, who was elevated to the U-20 team after the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup triumph, led the Flying Eagles to lift the African title in Senegal last year, but his boys failed to progress beyond the Round of 16 at the U-20 World Cup in New Zealand

The NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, reiterated that the Championship of African Nations is “both developmental and preparatory for bigger challenges” and said without mincing words that the Federation would now shift focus to the qualification race for the bigger Africa Cup of Nations

The NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, led the NFF team that included Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme (Deputy General Secretary), Bola Oyeyode (Ag. Director, Competitions), Ademola Olajire (Asst. Director, Communications), Abdulrafiu Yusuf (Asst. Director, Technical), Barrister Okey Obi (Chief Legal Officer), Nasiru Jibril (Personal Assistant to NFF President) and Daniel Musa (security officer)

In his 10 months in office, Sanusi has gladly received three major trophies, viz the African ñYouth Championship, FIFA U-17 World Cup and Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, as well as celebrated the U-23 team’s qualification for the Olympics and bronze medal at the All-Africa Games, the Super Eagles B’s qualification for the African Nations Championship, the U-20 girls’ qualification for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and the Super Eagles progress in the 2018 FIFA World Cup race

Daniel Bennet (South Africa) and Joseph Lamtey (Ghana) were the 34 top Center Referees and Assistant Referees named by CAF’s referees standing committee to officiate at the tournament that is played by only locally based players