…as FIFA, CAF sign partnership MoU
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Mr Amaju Pinnick, has been removed as the 1st Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
His removal took place on Thursday at CAF Executive Committee meeting, after a well attended congress in Cairo Egypt.
It would be recalled that Pinnick was elevated to the position after the corruption case brought against former Ghana FA President and CAF 1st VP, Kwesi Nyantakyi.
CAF executive committee on Wednesday agreed to allow FIFA Secretary General take charge of the administration of CAF for a period of 6 Months.
The FIFA Secretary is expected to take over the running of CAF in spite objection by some Executive Committee members.
Samoura will be in charge for an initial six-month period due to begin on August 1, with her team responsible to carry out a “full forensic audit” of CAF, whose President Ahmad Ahmad is facing allegation of corruption.
Ahmad was arrested over corruption charges in Paris last month.
It was not clear as at press time why Pinnick was removed.
Meanwhile, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and FIFA have signed a memorandum of understanding to create what CAF chief Ahmad Ahmad called an unprecedented partnership that would allow the continuation of reforms aimed at modernising CAF.
The MoU was signed in Cairo on Thursday at the CAF General Assembly, by Ahmad Ahmad and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino.
The two organisations signed a protocol outlining a road map with the areas and objectives of the CAF-FIFA partnership through which FIFA will provide its expertise to assess the current situation in CAF and help accelerate the ongoing reform process.
This road map will be implemented with the close collaboration of FIFA General Delegate for Africa Fatma Samoura and CAF General Secretary Mouad Hajji, working closely with the CAF administration and a group of experts, selected according to their expertise.
