By Daily Sports on September 30, 2016
A Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Almamy Kabele Camara and the President of Ghana Football Association, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi have been elected into the FIFA Council.
The duo were elected at Thursday’s Extraordinary CAF General Assembly at the Marriott Hotel Zamalek, Cairo, ahead of two other candidates who showed interest: Ahmad (Madagascar) and Augustin Senghor (Senegal).
Guinean Camara polled 37 votes and Nyantakyi got 31, while Ahmad scored 30 and Senghor took the rear with only nine votes.
Camara and Nyantakyi, who has been president of Ghana FA since 2005, will serve in the position until March 17, 2017 when they will face re-election at the CAF Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (thenff.com)
•Photo shows Pinnick and Nyantakyi
Source Daily Sports
Posted September 30, 2016
You may also like...
Kante, Jorginho Nominated For Uefa Award
Mikel sets appearance record with Chelsea
Super Falcons Bow To Jamaica In Summer Series...
Enoh unveils six-point sports development agenda
Mourinho Willing To See Smalling Sold As Everton...
Players Union warns of impending disqualification of Nigerian...
Federation Cup: Insurance to face Wikki in round of 32
_1.jpg)
Iheanacho rejects Leicester’s £65k weekly offer
World Relays: Team Nigeria begin quest for Olympics spots
Coach Mayowa discharged, thanks good samaritans
Robbery in the ring: Nigerian pro-boxer reclaims title after controversial decision in Ghana
Young Nigerian basketballer bags US scholarships after street encounter with Calabar lawyer
Osho set for 170th league game
JOF U-13 football tournament ends May 12
Fredrick: Who is Brentford’s new man?
‘Players’ self-belief secret of Rangers success’
How Enyimba, fans celebrated Finidi’s Eagles appointment
Boniface, Tella strike fear in De Rossi
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (53,747 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (44,756 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (42,892 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (42,567 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (42,346 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (42,226 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (42,117 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (41,593 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (40,618 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (39,617 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (37,985 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (37,549 views)