President Bola Tinubu, has approved Nigeria’s bid to host the 48th Ordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football alongside the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony.
The approval was announced during the ongoing Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, after a high-level meeting between Tinubu and CAF President, Patrice Motsepe.
Key Highlights:
- Bola Tinubu approved Nigeria’s bid to host the 48th Ordinary General Assembly of Confederation of African Football and the 2026 CAF Awards.
- The approval was announced during the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi after a meeting with CAF President Patrice Motsepe.
- Top Nigerian football officials, including Ibrahim Gusau and Amaju Pinnick, attended the meeting.
- The CAF General Assembly will gather football leaders from CAF’s 54 member associations and zonal unions across Africa.
- The 2026 CAF Awards will celebrate outstanding African players, coaches, clubs, and football personalities.
Also present at the meeting were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau; Special Adviser to the CAF President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick; and CAF acting General Secretary, Samson Adamu.
The 48th CAF Ordinary General Assembly is scheduled to hold in October and will bring together key stakeholders in African football, including presidents of CAF’s 54 nember associations, officials from the six zonal unions, and senior football administrators from across the continent.
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The CAF Awards ceremony, regarded as one of Africa’s biggest football events, honours outstanding players, coaches, clubs and football personalities in a glamorous celebration of excellence in African football.
