Pinnick for FIFA Council

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick has decided to be a candidate for the FIFA Council at the next Elective Congress of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) scheduled for 21st March 2021 in Rabat, Morocco.

The former Warri Wolves chairman was 2nd Vice President of CAF as recently as 2019 and was endorsed by the Executive Committee of NFF to vie for any elective position in the forthcoming CAF and FIFA elections as deemed appropriate last month.

Meanwhile, South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe will contest the Confederation of African Football presidency election according to the South African Football Association (SAFA) announced.

His decision raises to three the number of candidates for the top job in African football with incumbent Ahmad Ahmad from Madagascar and Jacques Anouma from the Cote d’Ivoire also in the