FIFA president for brief visit on Tuesday

President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, will visit Guyana briefly on Tuesday, April 11, from 08:30h to 13:00h. 

He is scheduled to be accompanied by a delegation of six persons, including Véron Mosengo-Omba, FIFA Director of Member Associations and Development for Africa and the Caribbean; Mattias Grafstrom, FIFA Advisor to the President and Jasmin Frei, FIFA’s Office Manager, Executive Office of the President. 

As part of his schedule is the ceremonial turning of the sod at the FIFA Forward Programme, Providence, along with Nicolette Henry, Minister within the Ministry of Education, and President Wayne Forde. He will also pay a courtesy call to CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; visit an Academy Training Centre (ATC), as well as have lunch with the Executive Committee of the GFF.  

Infantino will conclude his visit with a press conference at noon.