The Governance Committee of the CAF met in Cairo on January 5 and 6, 2021 convened by its President Mr Michel Kizito Brizoua-Bi, to carry out the eligibility checks of candidates for the positions of CAF President and members of the CAF Executive Committee.
Five candidates officially stood for CAF Presidency and 16 others registered for the position of members of CAF Executive Committee. None was Nigerian.
According to a statement from CAF, the current Senegalese Football Federation president, Mr Augustin Emmanuel Senghor, former Ivorian Football Federation president, Mr Jacques Bernard Daniel Anouma; Mauritanian Football Federation president, Mr Ahmed Yahya and Mamelodi Sundowns FC president, Mr Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe are the candidates for the CAF presidency.
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