Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye has lauded the election of the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau to the leadership of the CAF West Africa Football Union(WAFU) B.
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) created administrative zones to decentralise its functions. The WAFU B sub-region comprises
Nigeria, the Benin Republic Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger and Togo.
Elegbeleye said that Gusau’s emergence as the leader of the regional football body is a significant indication of the rising influence of Nigeria in African football administration.
“The NPFL Board receives the assumption of our Federation President, Alhaji Gusau to the leadership of the WAFU B Board and wish him and the new executives a successful tenure.
“This development is a very significant indication of the growing influence of Nigeria in football administration in the region and indeed in Africa”, Elegbeleye observed.
