Hayatou Commends Fashola.

Governor Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday hosted the President of the confederation of African football, CAF, Issaquah Hayatou at the state house house in Marina.

The CAF president had paid the governor of Lagos state a courtesy visit as the centre of excellence will on Thursday play host to the 22nd edition of the annual Glo CAF Awards which celebrates the best footballer in Africa. 

CAF president, Hayatou commended Governor Fashola for his commitment to the development of sports as well as his contribution to the success of the Nigeria National teams

Hayatou who was in company of the CAF executives and that of the Nigeria Football Federation lead by Aminu Maigari attributed the government's support of the government to the achievement of the Nigeria senior national team, the Super Eagles which won the nations cup last year in South Africa and also the under -17 team, Golden Eaglets winning the last FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Rab Emirates.

In his speech, Governor Fashola praised the leadership of the confederation of Africa football, CAF for the efforts on developing the beautiful game on the continent. 

He said CAF has been remarkable by ensuring the continent hosted the FIFA world cup which was held in South Africa in 2010 and also bringing the clubs across the world to play on Africa soil with the recently concluded FIFA world club championship held in Merrakech, Morocco.

Governor Fashola then charged the continent soccer ruling body to leverage on the success recorded and do more to bring the economy of world football to Africa.