The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi has been elected onto the new FIFA executive council.
Mr. Nyantakyi, who is also a CAF Executive Committee member secured one of the two slots available for CAF on the highest decision making committee at FIFA.
He becomes the first Ghanaian to serve in that position following the election in Egypt capital, Cairo on Thursday.
Mr. Nyantakyi polled 31 votes, one more than his closest challenger, Ahmad of Madagascar to win the seat.
He joins CAF’s Vice President, Almamy Kabele Camara of Guinea as the two elected CAF members to join FIFA’s council.
The FIFA cabinet was expanded as part of reforms by new president Gianni Infantino.
New members of the of the cabinet will serve till March 2017 before another round of elections will be held at the 2017 CAF Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana