{"id":317245,"date":"2017-05-08T09:19:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T09:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=317245"},"modified":"2017-05-08T09:19:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T09:19:56","slug":"nyantakyi-named-caf-1st-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/nyantakyi-named-caf-1st-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyantakyi named CAF 1st Vice President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has been named 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;TljvtKeQHkIQ075G5iTNVoBnoFkyshv2&#8243;]Nyantakyi was approved by the CAF Executive Committee on Monday during its first meeting under the reign of CAF\u2019s new President Ahmad Ahmad in Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>Constant Omari of the DR Congo was named as the 2nd Vice President after the two nominations were approved by the Executive Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Nyantakyi has been serving as a CAF executive committee member for almost a decade and was voted on the FIFA Executive Council for the second time after securing maximum votes in Addis Ababa in March.<\/p>\n<p>Nyantakyi becomes the second most powerful person in African football and the first Ghanaian to rise to such position of power in African football.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Youth and Sports congratulated him in tweet from their handle on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Citi Sports Desk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has been named 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). 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