Nigeria will bid to host the 2027 AFCON during Wednesday’s meeting of the Executive Committee of Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo.
Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan-Enoh and the leadership of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will present a joint bid with the Republic of Benin to host the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2027.
All countries who submitted bids to host the AFCON tournament in 2025 and 2027 respectively are expected to attend the meeting.
Nigeria will make a 10 minutes presentation to the CAF EXCO, and will thereafter be allocated time to answer questions on its presentation.
The Nigerian delegation includes NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau; General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi and bid Coordinator, Mainasara Ilo.
The CAF Independent Assessment Committee, which had previously visited Nigeria to assess facilities at different proposed host venues around the country, will submit its report on the assessment to the CAF EXCO.
