THE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has congratulated Samson Adamu on his appointment as Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) substantive General Secretary.
By this, he becomes the first Nigerian to occupy the post in CAF’s 70-year history.
Adamu, a football administrator and son of a former member of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) Executive Committee, the late Amos Adamu.
He was named as CAF’s acting General Secretary on Sunday, 29 March, this year, following the resignation of Swiss-Congolese, Veron Mosengo-Omba.
Adamu had previously served as CAF’s Director of Competitions, as well as Director of Tournaments and Events.
In it’s reation, NFF General Secretary, Emmanuel Ikpeme, expressed optimism that Adamu will make the country proud.
