FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, is due to pay a two-day working visit to Nigeria starting from July 24.
Infantino was elected head of football’s governing body at an extraordinary general assembly in Zurich in February, replacing the embattled Sepp Blatter.
His first visit to the African continent was a month later when he arrived South Sudan as part of his 46th birthday.
The Swiss-born Italian administrator also touched down Ethiopia, Djibouti and Gabon as part of his three-day trip.
But the former UEFA Secretary General is set to visit West Africa for the first time since taking charge with Nigeria his preferred destination.
Infantino who will be accompanied by FIFA Secretary General, Fatma Samoura, confirmed the visit after meeting with Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, in Paris, Sunday.
“The FIFA President and Secretary General will arrive in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Sunday, 24th July on a two-day working visit to Nigeria,” Pinnick disclosed.
During the visit, Infantino and Samoura will pay courtesy call on President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
They will also meet with African FA presidents who are expected in Nigeria to join the NFF to receive the FIFA top shots and attend an evening session with Corporate Nigeria in Lagos.
The pair will also meet with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State as well as watch the finals of the NFF/ZENITH Bank Future Eagles Championship.
