He served as CAF President from 1988 to March 2017, a period marked by significant growth and global recognition for African football but marred with corruption.
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His tenure as CAF President from 1988 to 2017 was marked by significant growth, global recognition, and infrastructure development.His contributions to African football include expanding the Africa Cup of Nations, increasing African representation at the FIFA World Cup, and strengthening football infrastructure across the continent.PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible.
Also, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, has commiserated with the Cameroonian football fraternity and the African football family as a whole following Hayatou’s death.“The NFF and the entire Nigeria football family are terribly saddened by the death of Alhaji Issa Hayatou. He was a great and much-loved leader of African football and did his best to leave African football greater than he met it.
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