Stunning Details of Ibrahim Gusau Who Replaces Pinnick as NFF President Emerges

• Congress members of the Nigerian Football have elected Ibrahim Gusau as the new president of the body
• The accountant is however replacing Amaju Pinnick who has been in office of the NFF for the past 8 years
• Ibrahim Gusau was also the chairman of chairman of all states Federation before he was elected new NFF boss

Ibrahim Gusau has emerged as the new President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) after winning the elections conducted in Benin, Edo state on Friday beating the likes of Shehu Dikko.

This latest development means that the 8-year reign of Amaju Pinnick as President of the NFF is over as football lovers in Nigeria are now waiting for the structure Gusau will put in place.

Before the election was conducted in Benin, Seyi Akinwumi and Shehu Dikko were the leading candidates, but they were both beaten by Ibrahim Gusau and Felix Anyansi.

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Who was Ibrahim Gusau before becoming NFF boss?

Ibrahim Gusau was the chairman of chairmen of the Nigerian Football Federation and also Zamfara state FA boss before his recent elevation.

Gusau was a Caf committee member and sat on the NFF board as the chairman of all states while serving as the chairman of the Zamfara Football Association.

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

Former Super Eagles coach Oliseh gets big job ahead of 2022 World Cup

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh was appointed by the world's football governing body into the technical expert team ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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This will be the third time that Sunday Oliseh will be getting this appointment and this is a good development for the former Nigerian international.

It is days to the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the attention of football fans around the world will shift to the global tournament where France will defend their title.

According to the confirmation by Sunday Oliseh, the Super Eagles legend explained that he is happy to have been honoured with by the World's football governing body.