23/07/2026
Nigeria To Host CAF General Assembly In November
The CAF General Assembly is the highest decision-making meeting of African football. It brings together presidents of football associations and representatives of the continent’s 54-member nations.
President of Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Motsepe speaks during a press conference at the Pullman Hotel in Dakar on April 8, 2026. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP)
Nigeria’s place at the heart of African football will take centre stage once again as it prepares to host the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) 48th Ordinary General Assembly on November 21.
It will bring the continent’s football decision-makers to the nation’s capital in a vote of confidence in Nigeria’s enduring influence on the game and its growing role in shaping African football’s future.
CAF president Patrice Motsepe, who announced this during a press briefing in Johannesburg, said the General Assembly would take place in the nation’s capital of Abuja, describing Nigeria as a “proud football nation”.
“We’re going to meet in Abuja in Nigeria for the Ordinary General Assembly in November,” the CAF chief said during the event where he also highlighted some of the plans by the football body targeted at developing football in Africa.
“Nigeria is a proud football nation, and there’s a reason why I took it to Nigeria, and there’s a reason why I’m looking at some of the countries in Africa because we have to do something very special in every one of the 54 countries on the continent, as much as we have to do something special in South Africa, in Kenya, in Cameroon, and all over the continent,” the South African billionaire told the gathering on Wednesday.
The CAF General Assembly is the highest decision-making meeting of African football.
It brings together presidents of football associations and representatives of the continent’s 54-member nations.
It is an opportunity to deliberate on competition, governance and the future of football in African
CAF expressed gratitude to Nigeria for accepting to host the 48th CAF General Assembly. ’s
