CAF sends inspection team as Nigeria-Benin Republic look to beat Morocco, Zambia, Algeria to AFCON 2025 hosting rights

Nigeria want to host the rest of Africa in 2025 and the process is already in full swing

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has sent a team to inspect Nigerian stadiums after the NFF put forth a joint bid with Benin Republic to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025.

Soccernet.ng reports that the NFF/Sports Ministry are looking to bring the Nations Cup to the country for the first time since 2000. The last time that Nigeria hosted the tournament, it was a joint bid with Ghana. However, this time, it is with the neighboring Benin Republic.

To verify Nigeria's ability to host the AFCON, CAF sent a team of inspectors to check out the stadiums that the NFF submitted as venues for the games. This was relayed via the NFF's official Twitter handle.

AFCON 2025 Bid: CAF-appointed team inspects Nigeria’s stadia facilities –

Inspectors appointed by CAF are in Nigeria to inspect stadiums and related facilities that Nigeria has put forward in a joint bid with Benin Republic to host the 35th AFCON in 2025.

On the cards for evaluation are the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja; Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo; Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba; Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos; Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City and; Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna.

The team inspected the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Friday.

Saturday saw them at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos while they were at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba and the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin on Sunday.

The inspectors will also check out the Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto Novo in Benin Republic as part of their rounds for the joint bid between Nigeria and Benin Republic.

Nigeria hosted the biennial event in 1980 and co-hosted with Ghana 23 years ago

The other countries that have bid to host the 2025 AFCON are Algeria, Morocco, and Zambia.