NFF Pres. Gusau to inaugurate Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee June 20

Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), will inaugurate the Federation’s Futsal and Beach Soccer Sub-Committee on Thursday at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja.

Otuekong Nse Essien will chair the committee, and Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf (Fresh) will serve as vice chairman.

The members include Aminu Mohammed Inuwa, Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, Hajji Liameed Gafaar, Mr. Richard Jideaka, and Yabagi Alhaji Baba. Abubakar D. Umar (Barde) as secretary.

The Futsal and Beach Soccer Sub-Committee is responsible for the organization of all futsal and beach soccer competitions and deals with all matters relating to futsal and beach soccer.

In previous years, Nigeria has been a continental force in beach soccer, with the Supersand Eagles winning the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations in 2007 and 2009 and reaching the quarter-finals of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Italy 13 years ago.

The Confederation of African Football conducted the draw for this year’s Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series last week, with the Supersand Eagles drawn to play Mauritania home and away next month.

A total of 14 countries will be involved in the qualifiers, with the seven winners joining hosts Egypt at the finals.

For the first time, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will take place on African soil when the Seychelles stage the tournament next year.