Izuchukwu OkosiA few Nigeria players will be hoping to impress head coach Gernot Rohr and consequently make the cut for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has increased the number of players for each country ahead of the postponed AFCON from 23 players to 28.
The move is to allow participating countries to have a larger squad to cater for event should there be an issue of players testing positive for Covid-19 during the tournament.
The decision was contained in a letter signed by Samson Adamu, Director of Competitions at the continent’s football governing body and sent to Member Associations on Sunday, October 24, 2021.
On the other hand, each country will bear the cost of the international travel as well as the accommodation of these additional players on the final list.
CAF also stated that the registration of the 5 additional players is only an option and not an obligation.
The 2022 AFCON will take place in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2022.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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