It is a position fully endorsed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino
The task of projecting African football onto the global stage has begun following the election of Patrice Motsepe as CAF President by acclamation during the 43rd CAF Congress, which has taken place in Rabat, Morocco. Mr Motsepe will not only lead a revised African confederation, but an organisation that will see substantial change at CAF Executive Committee and FIFA Council (www.FIFA.com) level following various elections which have also been held.
Mathurin de Chacus (Benin), Isha Johansen (Sierra Leone),
Fouzi Lekjaa (Morocco), Amaju Pinnick (Nigeria) and Mamoutou Touré (Mali) will
all join Hany Abo Rida (Egypt) on FIFA’s Council, while Kanizat Ibrahim
(Comoros) and Mbombo Njoya (Cameroon) were elected to the CAF Executive
Committee. Other regional appointments were also made with Wadie Jary (Tunisia)
elected to the northern zone and Elvis Raja Chetty (Seychelles) and Maclean
Letshwiti (Botswana) both elected to represented southern zone.
It is a position fully endorsed by FIFA President Gianni
Infantino, who also took the opportunity to congratulate all the presidential
election candidates on their collective vision and team spirit.
“I would like to congratulate Patrice Motsepe for his
wisdom, his engagement, for his passion,” the FIFA President said. “I want to
wish all the very best for the next four years, to the new leading team of CAF,
of African football, and to Patrice Motsepe, to all those who have been
involved, to Augustin Senghor, Ahmed Yahya, Jacques Anouma, who will now have
important roles in CAF’s administration. You all want a strong and united
Africa, projecting itself forward. It is thanks to you, it is your decision,
your wish, your hope and your ambition. I want to assure you that FIFA is not
at your side, FIFA is together with you.”
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