2025 AFCON: CAF Visits Nigeria for Inspection of Stadiums and Facilities

Nigeria’s joint bid for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations got here underneath the highlight over the weekend because the Nigeria FA obtained a delegation of CAF’s Inspection Group.

The Group arrived Friday in Abuja based on the NFF and commenced their inspection of the MKO Abiola Stadium that’s considered one of six Stadiums designated within the Nigeria-Benin Republic bid to host video games of the 2025 Cup of Nations.

Different Cities and Stadium services that the CAF group inspected throughout their tour contains the Ahmadu Bello Stadium (Kaduna), Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium (Benin Metropolis), Stephen Keshi Stadium (Asaba), Godswill Akpabio Stadium (Uyo) and Teslim Balogun Stadium (Lagos).

In a twitter thread, Sunday, the NFF additionally disclosed that “The inspectors can even try the Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto Novo in Benin Republic as a part of their rounds for the joint bid between Nigeria and Benin Republic.”

AFCON 2025 Bid: CAF-appointed group inspects Nigeria’s stadia services –

Inspectors appointed by CAF are in Nigeria to examine stadiums and associated services that Nigeria has put ahead in a joint bid with Benin Republic to host the thirty fifth AFCON in 2025. pic.twitter.com/zJfiLDeLYt

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The Nigeria and Benin joint bid is amongst 4 nations bidding to host the thirty fifth version of the Africa Cup of Nations.