…English Speaking Countries Miss Out on 5 FIFA seats
FAZ president Andrew Kamanga has narrowly lost the bid for the FIFA Council seat with no candidate from the English speaking (Anglophone) bloc making the cut among the five winners.
Kamanga emerged seventh in the 10 horse race that saw Moroccan Fouzi Lekjaa amass 49 votes ahead of Egyptian Hani Abou Rida who got 35 at par with Niger chief Djibrilla Hamidou.
The other winners Ahmed Yahya from Mauritanian and Souleiman Waberi of Djibouti.
In sixth position was Nigerian FA boss Amaju Pinnick who amassed 28 votes with Kamanga getting 19 votes.
CAF president Patrice Motsepe was re-elected unopposed in his position with nine other candidates elected (largely unopposed) on the CAF executive committee.
FULL CAF VOTE POLL COUNT
1. Fouzi Lekjaa: 49 votes
2. Hani Abou Rida: 35 votes
3. Djibrilla Hima Hamidou: 35 votes
4. Ahmed Yahya: 29 votes
5. Souleiman Waberi: 29 votes
Amaju Pinnick: 28 votes
Andrew Kamanga: 19 votes
Yacine Diallo: 18 votes
Augustin Senghor: 13 votes
Mathurin de Chacus: Pulled out
WOMEN
Kanizat Ibrahim: 30 votes
Lydia Nsekera: 13 votes
Isha Johansen: 07 votes