{"id":4514,"date":"2021-03-13T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T14:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2021-03-13T15:22:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T14:22:13","slug":"nff-clears-air-on-reports-suggesting-amaju-pinnick-as-caf-5th-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/13\/nff-clears-air-on-reports-suggesting-amaju-pinnick-as-caf-5th-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"NFF clears air on reports suggesting Amaju Pinnick as CAF 5th Vice President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described as untrue the media report that Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick was selected as 5th Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at yesterday\u2019s 43rd Ordinary and Elective Assembly of the football body in Rabat, Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>NFF General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi, in a statement by director of communication, Ademola Olajiri, said the report was sheer falsehood as such was never even discussed either on the floor of the Congress or at any meeting of the CAF leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/13\/nff-president-amaju-pinnick-wins-fifa-council-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFF<\/a>, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick was elected as Member of the FIFA Council at the Congress, and that is what we are celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody approached him or put it up for discussion at any forum that he would be 5th Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Pinnick served as the 1st Vice President of CAF for a year, between 2018 and 2019, before the former leadership of CAF opted not to renew his tenure. 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