Nigeria National League Club Owners and Managers Association, NALCOMA, has commended the election of the President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau as the 1st Vice President of the West African Football Union, WAFU.

Alhaji Gusau was elected as the 1st Vice President WAFU B zone in Niamey, Niger Republic on Friday, on the sidelines of this year’s CAF African Schools Football Championship (WAFU B qualifying tournament) taking place in that country.

WAFU B zone is made up of seven countries, namely Nigeria, Togo, Benin Republic, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger Republic and Cote d'Ivoire.

Also at the gathering, the President of Ghana Football Association, (GFA) Kurt Edwin-Simeon Okraku was elected President of the zone, while Oumarou Sawadogo, President of the Burkinabe Football Federation, was elected as the 2nd Vice President.

In a message by NALCOMA, and signed by its President, Godwin Enakhena, the body said that the election is a testimony of Alhaji Gusau's commitment and dedication to the cause of the growth of the round leather game. 

Enakhena praised Alhaji Gusau for the opportunity, which, according to him, will elevate the regional football development body, adding that his experience will make absolute difference.

Gusau, who became President of NFF in September 2022, has served in several high-level capacities in African football, including being on the Organizing Committee for the African Nations Championship (CHAN), and serving as a top security officer of both FIFA and CAF.    

WAFU is a sports governing body representing the football associations in West Africa that was founded in 1975 and is a subregional body of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).