The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has pledged Nigeria’s continued loyalty and partnership to FIFA as Gianni Infantino marked a decade in charge of world football.
Infantino marked his outstanding 10-year leadership as President of FIFA on February 25th, 2026, since he took over from acting president Issa Hayatou in 2016.
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The late Hayatou became the Federation’s president after Sepp Blatter was kicked out in 2015 over corruption allegations.
The NFF President, through a video message on the federation’s X page, extended Nigeria’s congratulations to Infantino on his 10-year anniversary.
“My dear president Gianni Infantino, I want to use this opportunity on behalf of football stakeholders in Nigeria to congratulate you on your 10 years anniversary in charge of global football,” he said.
“These 10 years have brought a lot of transformation into the football sector globally. We are therefore proud to be part of you and we are reassuring you that we will continue to be part of you because we know your mission.”
“And we know that you’re going to do more, especially for African football and Nigeria. Therefore, we want to assure you that we are going to continue to support you.”
“We are going to continue to be with you, so that you will continue to bring more transformation into global football. Happy 10 years anniversary,” he concluded.