AFCON
Former broadcaster, Mainasara Illo to present the Nigeria-Benin bid to CAF members
The bidding candidates for both the 2025 and 2027 Africa Cup of Nations will be given opportunities for 10 minute presentation before the successful bids are announced on Wednesday in Cairo.
The Nigeria/Benin case will be presented by veteran broadcaster and experienced bid campaigner, Mainasara Illo. He was deputy chief organizer of the 8th All-Africa Games that Nigeria hosted in 2003, and chief organizer of the FIFA U17 World Cup also hosted by Nigeria in 2009.
Illo also led a bid coordinating team that has taken two different CAF inspection teams round Nigeria’s stadia infrastructure and other facilities, and will make a case that is a hybrid of strong oratory appeal and multi-media presentation.
The bid’s theme is pegged on how it will spur greater collaboration between both nations in the areas of security and commerce, foster seamless transportation between both nations and by extension the West African region, and be an elixir for the development and improvement of critical infrastructure in the two countries.
