Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria is among the six countries bidding to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals, I can report.
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Nigeria had wanted to be a substitute for Libya for the 2013 edition but South Africa did the deal ahead of them.
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President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari said the country wanted to host another AFCON Finals having co-hosted with Ghana in 2000 and been solo hosts in 1980.
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"We want Nigeria to host because we are capable, we did it before and we want to do it better next time around,'' Maigari said.
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Other countries which have expressed interests in hosting the competition are Congo Democratic Republic,Algeria, Kenya, Liberia and Zambia.
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The Congolese appear to be the early front runner with their bid documents already passed on to the Confederation of African Football [CAF] by the Congolese Football Federation.
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However, Confederation of African Football[CAF] have refused to confirm the names of the countries which have shown interests in hosting the 2019 edition, as the bidding process is yet to commence.
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"We have had expressions of interests but we have not yet started the process for the bidding candidates, so we cannot release any names," CAF General Secretary, Hicham El Amrani recently said. Morocco and Libya will host the next two editions of the competition slated for 2015 and 2017.
Hosting the tournament would expose this country to the world.
I pray we're granted this wish