President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, was on Friday included in the CAF Emergency Committee. The decision to include him in the Emergency committee was taken at the just concluded CAF Extraordinary General Assembly holding in Rabat, Morocco.
The proposal for his appoint was earlier made but finally rectified at the Assembly. Pinnick is also President, Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations.
While CAF standing Committees were reduced from 19 to 11, Fouzi Lekjaa, a member of the CAF Executive Committee was appointed 3rd CAF Vice President even as he retains his positions as president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and President of the Finance Committee respectively.
Media information dished out via CAF website announced as follows:
At the end of the CAF Extraordinary General Assembly held on Friday, 21 July 2017, in Rabat, Morocco, which saw the adoption by a large majority (50 votes for and 3 abstentions) for amendment to the organization’s statutes, a meeting of the Executive Committee was convened by CAF President Ahmad. This was in order to implement some of the new statutory provisions.
Fouzi Lekjaa, a member of the CAF Executive Committee was appointed 3rd CAF Vice President. The latter, also president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, retains the post of president of the Finance Committee.
The number of CAF Standing Committees has been reduced from 19 to 11. The Judicial and Compliance bodies whose presidents are to be elected by the General Assembly have been expanded with the creation of a Governance Committee.
The CAF Executive Committee also appointed president and vice presidents of the Standing committees, whose members will be appointed in the near future.
The CAF Executive Committee also approved the CAF President’s proposal to appoint Amaju Pinnick as a member of the Emergency Committee. This follows the enlargement of this structure which is induced by the statutory reform with the creation of the post of 3rd Vice President, who also happens to be the president of the Finance Committee.
Another major point of the reform of the statutes, which led to the enlargement of the CAF Executive Committee, is that African members of the FIFA Council are full members of the CAF Executive Committee, with voting rights.
The terms of office of the FIFA Council and the CAF Executive Committee are therefore no longer cumulative.
