Nigeria's joint bid with the Republic of Benin has failed to sail through as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced Morocco as the host for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) while Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have been named joint hosts of the 2027 tournament.
The winners were announced yesterday after the voting session by members of the Confederation of African Football committee led by its President, Patrice Motsepe at Marriott Hotel in the Zamalek area of downtown Cairo.
It will be recalled that CAF needed a new host for 2025 after Guinea was stripped of the rights in October last year due to fears about the readiness of facilities. According to him,"Each region will have a chance to organise a Cup of Nations; we cannot assign the organisation of the tournament successively to the same region."
Nigeria's failure to win the bid comes after the Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh arrived in Egypt on Tuesday with representatives of the Nigeria Football Federation to bid to host AFCON.
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