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Ikenne and Abeokuta confirmed as host of 2025 WAFU-B U-17 competition

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Ikenne and Abeokuta confirmed as host of 2025 WAFU-B U-17 competition

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

The President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that Ogun state will be the state for the 2025 West Africa Zone B (WAFU-B) U-17 championship.

The NFF boss stated that the Sports Complex would host Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Togo, Benin, Ghana, and Nigeria in a West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Under-17 Championship in September 2025.

Alhaji Gusau made this known when he led other executive members of the NFF on a courtesy call to the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, in Abeokuta on Sunday.

“As the acting President of WAFU B, I have tried to secure the hosting rights for the Under-17 qualifications from WAFU B, which will consist of about seven countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Togo, Benin, Ghana, and Nigeria.

“We secured the hosting rights, and I informed them that we are going to host it in Ogun State,” he said.

It will be the first time that Nigeria will he hosting a continental or sub regional football competition since 2023 when Benin City hosted the WAFU-B Women’s Champions League Qualifiers.

This year’s WAFU-B U-20 Championship will serve as Qualifiers for the next U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Nigeria finished third at the last tournament.

 

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Oluwaseun Oyediji
Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.
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