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Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau was on Friday elected the new President of Nigeria Football Federation, he succeeded
Amaju Melvin Pinnick who served two terms of eight years.
Gusau was elected at NFF’s 78th Elective Congress, which was held in Benin, Edo State.
He polled 21 votes to beat his closest challenger, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, who got 12 votes.
Gusau replaces Amaju Melvin Pinnick, who was the former President of the NFF for eight years.
Here are some of the things you need to know about the new NFF president who is expected to lead the football federation for the next four years.
The 58 –year old Gusau is a qualified accountant and a Safety and Security Officer for the Confederation of African Football.
Gusau was a former minister for Agriculture and Industries.
He contested the primaries of the gubernatorial seat of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in 1983 but lost to the incumbent Garba Nadama.
Gusau is a member of the Sokoto Sultanate council with the title of Sarkin Malamai and was a member of the 1977 and 1995 Constitutional Assembly.
He was the National Chairman of the United Nigeria Congress (UNC) which merged with the United Nigeria Party (UNP) and Solidarity Group of Nigeria (SGN) to form the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) during the Sani Abacha transition program.
Until Friday afternoon, debonair Gusau was Chairman of Chairmen of Nigeria Football, and also Chairman of the Zamfara State Football Association. He defeated Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, who until Friday afternoon was the NFF’s 1st Vice President, by polling 21 votes to Akinwunmi’s 12 in the first round.