The CAF African Schools Football Championship is about so much more than what happens on the pitch and has left a legacy of knowledge across the continent in its inaugural year.
That is especially so at the finals competition in Durban, South Africa, where workshops for coaches, young referees and
CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe on Sunday spent a few hours meeting CAF staff and administration at the headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
The CAF President was joined by CAF Third Vice-President, Souleiman Waberi, Fourth Vice-President Seidou Mbombo Njoya, Fifth Vice-President Kanizat Ibrahim and General Secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba.
The meeting discussed
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#CAFElections2021: Pinnick returns as CAF Vice President
The Nigeria Football Federation boss returns to CAF as the fifth Vice President
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Nigeria’s Amaju Pinnick has emerged as one of the Vice Presidents of the Confederation of African Football [CAF] at the ongoing 43rd Ordinary General Assembly taking place in Rabat, Morocco.
The Nigeria Football Federation boss is now the fifth Vice President in the new arrangement by the continent’s football governing body who hitherto had only three vice presidents.
Before this latest return, Pinnick was CAF First Vice President between September 2018 and July 2019 under former CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad.