Jubilation in Nigeria as NFF president Amaju Pinnick makes history, lands mighty position at FIFA
- Amaju Pinnick has been elected into the Executive Council of the FIFA
- The 50-year-old emerged winner on Friday, March 12, at an election in Morocco
- Pinnick has been the president of the Nigerian Football Federation since 2014
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Amaju Pinnick who is the president of the Nigerian Football Federation has been elected into the FIFA Executive Council which is an incredible record for the 50-year-old.
The FIFA Executive Council is the highest decision making body at the arm of the World Football governing body.
Pinnick defeated his only opposition who is Walter Nyamilandu of Malawi by 43 votes to 8 at the Congress held inside the Royal Ballroom in Morocco.
Four of Pinnick’s five rivals, Lamin Kaba Bajo (The Gambia), Wallace Karia (Tanzania), Nick Mwendwa (Kenya) and Andrew Kamanga (Zambia) threw in the towel before the vote and opted to back the Nigerian.
The NFF president will now be expected to bring great development to football in Africa and in Nigeria.
Pinnick before the election was held make it clear that he would do his best to make sure that there are absolute football development on the continent of Africa.
He started his career as the chair of the Delta Sports Commission in 2010. Subsequently, he was appointed chair of Delta State Football Association in 2011.
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Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how Super Eagles legend Austin Okocha picked his former teammate at the national team Peter Rufai as the best goalkeeper in his African best XI squad ever to have played football.
Austin Okocha was one of the best midfielders in the world during his active playing time most especially while playing in the Premier League and also in the Bundesliga.
Years back, Brazilian and Barcelona legend Ronaldinho explained that he learnt many skills from Okocha during their days at French club Paris Saint-Germain.
While speaking with Alex Iwobi in a video, Austin Okocha also picked himself in his best African XI squad which also has Chelsea legend Didier Drogba.
Didier Drogba recorded his name in gold while playing for Chelsea where he won the Premier League title and also the Champions League netting 100 goals for the Blues.
Ibitoye Shittu is an award winning Sports Journalist with more than 10 years experience in News-writing, reporting and Public Relation. He is an HND and B.SC holder of Mass Communication and can be reached on Twitter @Ibishittu
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