Former NFF president dies at 75

Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFA), died on Saturday after a long illness.
His death was confirmed by former NFA Secretary General, Sani Ahmed Toro.

Galadima was a prominent figure in Nigerian sports administration, having led the NFA before it was restructured into the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
He was also chairman of the Kano State Sports Council between 1981 and 1983.
Born in 1951 in Fagge, Kano, Galadima has had a long career in sports governance. He was a member of the National Sports Commission and was elected vice-president of the Nigerian Olympic Committee in 1985, a position he held until 1987.

He was later reappointed as the Chairman of the Kano State Sports Council and continued to play key roles at both the state and national levels.
Galadima also served on the Presidential Monitoring Committee on the Development of Sports Facilities for the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, which was initially scheduled to be hosted in Nigeria but later relocated due to health-related concerns.

Additionally, he was a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Youth Championship organizing committee.

In 2002, he was elected president of the then Nigerian Football Federation, further cementing his legacy as one of the country’s influential sports administrators.
The burial arrangements will be communicated later according to family sources.