[ 2016-09-29 ]

GFA President Nyantakyi elected onto FIFA Executive Council
The President of the Ghana Football Association
(GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi was on Thursday morning
elected onto the FIFA Executive Council at the
Confederation of African Football (CAF)
Extraordinary General Assembly held in Cairo,
Egypt


The 47-year-old polled 31 out of the 107 total
votes cast to finish behind Almamy Kabele Camara
of Guinea who won with 37 votes to clinch the
other Confederation of African Football (CAF)
slot.

Mr Nyantakyi edged Mr Ahmad of Madagascar who
polled 30 votes to pick-up the seat while the
fourth contestant Augustin Senghor got nine votes.


He becomes the first Ghanaian who will serve on
world football's most powerful committee which was
significantly expanded as part of reforms
introduced by new FIFA president Gianni
Infantino.

The new 36-member FIFA Executive Council replaces
the previous 24-member Executive Committee which
was tarnished by corruption scandals, they will
meet for the first time in Zurich, Switzerland on
October 13-14.

The newly elected members will stand for
re-election to their post next March at the 2017
CAF Congress in Addis Ababa on March 17.

Source - graphic.com.gh

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