{"id":52717,"date":"2023-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=060320a714e60e30e5ff305845d62ec9"},"modified":"2023-06-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T00:00:00","slug":"fifa-boss-congratulates-pinnick-over-ofr-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/fifa-boss-congratulates-pinnick-over-ofr-award\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA boss congratulates Pinnick over OFR award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has congratulated Amaju Pinnick, a former President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for the conferment of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) on him by former President, Muhammadu Buhari.<\/P><P><\/P><P>Buhari had before his exit on May 29 honoured Pinnick and many others, including Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth; Mamman Daura and Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, among others with the conferement of national honours.<\/P><P><\/P><P>Infantino in a letter personally signed and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, stated that the award was a well-deserved honour which established Pinnick\u2019s exemplary commitment to football development, particularly within the FIFA Council.<\/P><P><\/P><P>The letter reads: \u201cBy means of this letter, I have the great pleasure to express to you my warmest congratulations on the award of the prestigious Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) bestowed to you by His Excellency Mr Muhammadu Buhari.<\/P><P><\/P><P>\u201cThis is a well-deserved honour that rewards your passion and exemplary commitment at the service of the international football community, particularly within the FIFA Council.<\/P><P><\/P><P>\u201cYour human qualities and skills, not to mention your remarkable contribution to the development of Nigerian, African and world football, deserve our admiration.<\/P><P><\/P><P>\u201cCongratulating you once again for this important distinction, I look forward to seeing you again soon.\u201d<\/P><P><\/P><P>Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/P><P><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has congratulated Amaju Pinnick, a former President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for the conferment of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) on him by former President, Muhammadu Buhari.Buhari had b&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,105],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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