{"id":23670,"date":"2020-04-08T13:05:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T13:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=23670"},"modified":"2020-04-08T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T13:05:08","slug":"nigeria-put-womens-afcon-bid-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-put-womens-afcon-bid-on-hold","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA PUT WOMEN\u2019S AFCON BID ON HOLD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has decided to put their bid to host the next African Women\u2019s Cup of Nations on hold due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The next Women\u2019s AFCON is set to be staged in November and December of this year, though the Confederation of African (CAF) has yet to name a host nation.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea confirmed their interest in hosting the 2020 Women\u2019s AFCON, but the NFF have now put that on the back-burner with all major postponed due to the current crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NFF\u2019s priority now is the battle against coronavirus, which is affecting the whole world,\u201d the NFF secretary-general Mohammed Sanusi told the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to win the battle by getting a cure so that sporting activities will resume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot start discussing or lobbying Caf now for the hosting right of the African Women Championship when there is a global health issue affecting the lives of people every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NFF will take the appropriate decision on hosting the African championship at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 edition of the Women\u2019s AFCON is set to feature an expanded field of 12 teams. 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