Nigeria on Wednesday lost out in the joint bid with the Benin Republic to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, with the joint bid by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania clinching the hosting rights.
This comes after the Minister of Sports Development Senator John Owan Enoh arrived in Egypt on Tuesday with representatives of the Nigeria Football Federation to bid to host AFCON in 2027.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) named Morocco hosts for the 2025 AFCON, while a joint bid from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania got the nod for the 2027 AFCON.
Morocco won the hosting right by garnering 22 votes after Algeria, Zambia and a joint bid by Nigeria/Benin Republic withdrew before the voting.
At their voting at the Cairo Marriott Hotel in Egypt on Wednesday, the Executive Committee of CAF announced the North Africans and East Africans as hosts for the 2025, and 2027 editions respectively.
Meanwhile, a joint bid by Nigeria and the Benin Republic to host the 2025 or 2027 AFCON did not make the cut.
Nigeria hosted the competition in 1980 and co-hosted with Ghana in 2000.
Morocco won the hosting right by garnering 22 votes, after Algeria, Zambia withdrew before the voting.
CAF also unveiled the joint bid from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, as the winning bid for the 2027 fiesta, after a second round of voting.
Morocco will be hosting the AFCON for the second time, after it was hosted in 1988 while Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will be hosting for the first time.
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