By our Reporter
Amaju Pinnik,the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has gotten a seat in the FIFA Council – the highest decision-making organ in world football.
He emerged as the Fifth Vice President of the conferederation of African football council at Friday’s 43rd ordinary general assembly in Rabat, Morocco which earned him a seat in the council automatically.
While many had predicted a keenly-contested push for one for the Anglophone tickets to the FIFA Council, Pinnick ended having a stroll following a spate of withdrawals from the race by the other contestants.
The first contestant to step down was Lamine Bajo of Gambia. Originally, there were six candidates vying for the two slots meant for the English-speaking countries. One of the six was the incumbent, Walter Nyamilandu, of Malawi.