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NFF, FIFA, CAF At Weah’s Inauguration In Liberia (PHOTOS)

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OLOGUNWA PAUL SHOLA

 

The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, world football governing body, FIFA and the Confederation of Africa Football, CAF were well represented in Monrovia, Liberia  when former World Player of the Year, George Oppong Ousmane Weah was sworn –in as President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Liberia on Tuesday. 

Weah won the Africa Player of the Year, European Player of the Year and World Player of the Year titles in a single season – 1995. Last month, after one failed attempt, he was elected President of Liberia.

 

President Weah (left) is joined by Nigeria FA President and CAF Exco Member Amaju Melvin Pinnick (right) and 1988 Africa Player of the Year and former Zambia FA President Kalusha Bwalya, with Omari Selemani behind Pinnick. 

President Weah in a handshake with CAF President Ahmad while Pinnick watches. 

President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Bukola Saraki (middle) with CAF President Ahmad (second left), FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura (left), Nigeria FA President and CAF Exco Member Amaju Melvin Pinnick (second right) and CAF VP2 Omari Constant Selemani (right).

 

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