IBRAHIM GUSAU: The man with the responsibility of restoring the lost glory of Nigeria Football

Ibrahim Musa Gusau was on Friday elected the brand new President of Nigeria Soccer Federation in Benin Metropolis.

Till his election, Gusau, who was former Chairman of Chairmen of Nigeria Soccer, and in addition Chairman of the Zamfara State Soccer Affiliation will succeed Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick who was within the function for the previous eight years.

Gusau is a Nigerian politician and former Minister for Agriculture and business. He has contested unsuccessfully for the governor’s seat in his residence state, Zamfara and was a member of the 1977 and 1995 constitutional meeting.

Till his election, Gusau was a Caf committee member and sat on the NFF board because the chairman of all states whereas serving because the chairman of the Zamfara Soccer Affiliation.

He was the previous President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) and the chairman of the NFF Safety Committee.

Endorsement from Northern caucus:

Gusau was endorsed by the Northern caucus which vowed to return the NFF chairmanship to its space. That led to stress on different candidates from the north to again him, with a view to having a consensus candidate from the world.

“The Northern caucus desires to talk with one voice, with regards to this NFF election. We don’t desire a repeat of what occurred through the elections in Warri in 2014. We don’t desire a divided home,” a supply from the caucus informed Newslodge final month.

That appears to have given him a lift as he managed 21 votes within the first spherical whereas his closest challenger had 12, earlier than garnering 39 of the 40 out there within the second spherical of voting.

Caf roles :

Gusau, who beforehand served as a member of Caf’s Chan organising committee, was in April 2022 appointed as a brand new member of Caf’s Youth Organising Committee saddled with the duty of organising the U17, U20 and U23 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

His agenda :

Gusau promised to deal with creating grassroots soccer by rebuilding and rejuvenating home leagues if elected.

“The NPFL, NNL, NLO and the NWFL for girls league are key within the progress of Nigeria Soccer. If our leagues are vibrant, I consider the successes will replicate on the performances of our nationwide groups,” he stated when he declared his candidature.

“And for us to have robust nationwide groups, each female and male, we have now to deal with grassroots soccer which is the breeding floor for a greater league.”

“One other space our administration will deal with is age grade soccer, for our nationwide groups to prosper, the male U17, U20, U23 and their feminine counterparts can be given all vital consideration.”

“The senior nationwide groups, Tremendous Eagles and Tremendous Falcons will certainly get higher if our cadet nationwide groups are robust.

The brand new President can be in workplace for a time period of 4 years topic to a second time period .