The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has been reelected as the fifth Vice president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
He was reelected at the ongoing 43rd Ordinary General Assembly taking place in Rabat, Morocco.
The NFF boss had been CAF First Vice President between September 2018 and July 2019 under former CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad.
However, a sour relationship with Mr Ahmad saw Pinnick lose out on his seat in 2019.
DR Congo’s Constant Omari is the new 1st Vice-President followed by Morocco’s Faouzi Lekjaa.
After Friday’s poll, the trio of Augustin Senghor, Ahmed Yahya, Souleiman Waberi who all stepped down for Patrice Motsepe to emerge as President were returned as Vice Presidents in that order.
Faouzi Lekjaa and Pinnick are the fourth and fifth vice presidents respectively.
Pinnick is also one of the aspirants for the FIFA Executive Committee post. The field for this race has been narrowed from six to four for the Anglophone candidates seeking Africa’s places in the FIFA Council.
If he succeeds in clinching the FIFA spot, Pinnick will be the third Nigerian to make it into the FIFA exco council after Oyo Orok Oyo and Amos Adamu.
According to CAF’s list of eligible candidates, the names of Gambia’s Lamin Kaba Bajo and Tanzania’s Wallace Karia are missing, an indication that they are no longer candidates.
The FIFA Council consists of 37 members: one President, elected by the FIFA Congress; eight vice presidents, and 28 other members elected by member associations – each for a term of four years.
