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LMC Chairman, Dikko, to Commission CAF Champions League Final

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Chairman of the League Management Company (LMC), Shehu Dikko, has been named the Match Commission­er for the 2nd Leg final of Africa’s most prestigiou­s club competitio­n, the CAF Champions League which holds this evening in Tunisia.

Dikko, who is also the 2nd Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is already in Tunis for the second leg of the finals between Al Ahly Sporting Club of Egypt and Esperance Sporting de Tunis of Tunisia at the Stade Olympique de Rades. The Egyptian club holds a 3-1 advantage from the first leg played in Cairo.

Only last week, the Nigerian football chief joined CAF Executive Committee members, management and the President of the South Africa’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) to develop a new calendar for the CAF club competitio­ns for the 2019/20 season. That session held in Morocco.

Dikko, who is a member of the CAF Organising Commitee for Inter-Clubs Competitio­ns and Management of Clubs Licensing and also a Member of FIFA Football Stakeholde­rs Committee is among the growing number of Nigerians playing influentia­l roles and holding key committee positions in African and world football.

This highlights the emerging recognitio­n of Nigerian football administra­tors in key decision and policy formulatio­n positions in continenta­l and internatio­nal football.

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