Former Super Eagles Captain Joseph Yobo has hailed the appointment of an African, Fatma Samoura as the first female Secretary General of world soccer Ruling body FIFA.
Yobo who is billed to savor his testimonial match May 27th in Port Harcourt River State, congratulated the Gianni Infantino led FIFA for the appointment while assuring Samoura who is a Senegalese that she will not lack support.
''Congrats to FIFA, on the appointment of an African and a woman as General Secretary. Welcome Fatma Samoura. We are behind you'' the former Everton and Fernabahce defender said, shortly after the announcement.
Aside from current Super Eagles Captain John Obi Mikel and his assistant Ahmed Musa, African football stars like Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, Alex Song and former Everton coach David Moyes have all been penciled down to be part of the testimonial game.
Prior to her appointment on Friday, Samoura was the most senior UN official in Nigeria.
After joining the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in 1995, she served as Country Director for WFP in Djibouti and Cameroon, and also worked at the WFP headquarters in Rome. She covered numerous complex emergencies, including Kosovo, Liberia, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, and Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Samoura who was born in 1962 is married with three children