Maigari Named Football Administrator of the Year

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari, will on Thursday be honoured as the Football Administrator of the Year, at the 2012 Awards and Investitute Ceremony of the Oyo State chapter of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria.

 In the letter conveying the selection of Maigari as the Football Administrator of the Year, Chairman of Oyo SWAN,Seun Ajayi-Obe hailed the achievements of Nigeria’s National Teams in the outgoing year, extolling the leadership style of Maigari and his commitment to excellence.

In his response, Maigari, assured Nigerian soccer fans that his administration would remain focused and committed to the vision of using football to unite all Nigerians and uplift the nation’s image internationally.

 It would be recalled that in the outgoing year, Nigeria's Falconets reached the semi finals of the FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup in Japan; Flamingos, also reached the quarter finals of the FIFA Under 17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan, Supersand Eagles won the COPA Lagos Invitational Beach Soccer Tournament.

The Super Eagles, Flying Eagles and Golden Eaglets qualified for continental championships all coming up in the first half of next year.