In one other spherical of sponsor appreciation, high officers of the Nigeria Soccer Federation visited the Euro-Africa headquarters of sports activities equipment manufacturing behemoth, NIKE in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on Friday.

Discussions centered across the assist that the bodywear and footwear big has been offering for the Nationwide Groups of Nigeria since its newest partnership with the NFF, and assurance by the football-governing physique that it’ll put measures in place to make sure that NIKE nets much more leverage and publicity from the partnership.

President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau and the Common Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi met with NIKE’s chieftains on the firm’s Amsterdam headquarters, with Uwe Gartner, who changed Ms Tina Salminen as Sports activities Advertising Director (Africa), additionally current.

Each groups mentioned the varied assignments of the Nationwide Groups of Nigeria this 12 months, together with the Tremendous Falcons’ participation within the FIFA Ladies’s World Cup finals; the Tremendous Eagles’ 2023 AFCON qualifying matches; Olympic Eagles’ U23 AFCON qualifying matches and match correct; the Flying Eagles’ U20 AFCON participation in Egypt and possible outing on the FIFA U20 World Cup in Indonesia and; the Golden Eaglets’ U17 AFCON participation in Algeria and possible outing on the FIFA U17 World Cup in Peru.

It might be recalled that NIKE returned as Nigeria’s official equipment sponsors in April 2015, following the departure of German behemoth Adidas. The partnership settlement was signed in London, and has been renewed a few instances since then.

In November, the NFF President and Common Secretary, alongside the Director of Communications Ademola Olajire, met with high officers of a variety of the corporate’s companions and sponsors in Lagos, together with MTN, Premier Lotto, AITEO Group and Stanbic IBTC, in a primary spherical of sponsor-appreciation by the brand new NFF administration.

A fortnight in the past, Gusau met with the Chairman/Chief Government of GIC Motor (distributors of GAC Motors in Nigeria), Chief Diane Chan in Lagos to additionally admire the corporate for its assist to the Federation and the Nationwide Groups.