Full List Of New FIFA Council Executives As Amaju Pinnick Loses Re-Election Bid

<h4><strong>Full List Of New FIFA Council Executives <&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Amaju Pinnick&comma; former president of the Nigeria Football Federation &lpar;NFF&rpar;&comma; has failed in his bid for re-election into the FIFA Council&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He did not secure enough votes to retain his seat among the six electable African representatives on the council&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;29049" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-29049" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-29049" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;03&sol;Pinnick-300x273&period;webp" alt&equals;"Full List Of New FIFA Council Executives " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"273" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-29049" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Amaju Pinnick&comma; former president of the Nigeria Football Federation &lpar;NFF&rpar;&comma;  fails re-election into the FIFA Council<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>At the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly held on Wednesday in Cairo&comma; Egypt&comma; Pinnick garnered 28 votes—just one vote short of Mauritania’s Ahmed Yahya and Djibouti’s Souleiman Waberi&comma; who secured the final two available slots&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4><strong>The six elected African members for the FIFA Council are&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li><em><strong>Faouzi Lekjaa &lpar;Morocco&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em><strong>Ahmed Yahya &lpar;Mauritania&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em><strong>Kanizat Ibrahim &lpar;Comoros&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em><strong>Souleiman Waberi &lpar;Djibouti&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em><strong>Hamidou Djibrilla &lpar;Niger&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><em><strong>Hani Abo Rida &lpar;Egypt&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Pinnick’s History in FIFA and Nigerian Football<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pinnick made history as the third Nigerian to be elected into the FIFA Council&comma; following Oyo Orok Oyo and Amos Adamu&period; He first secured his seat in March 2021 during the 43rd CAF Ordinary General Assembly in Rabat&comma; Morocco&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prior to his FIFA role&comma; Pinnick served as the president of the NFF for two consecutive terms&comma; from 2014 to 2022&comma; before being succeeded by Ibrahim Gusau&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>About the FIFA Council<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The FIFA Council is the governing body responsible for making key decisions in the intervals between FIFA Congress meetings&period; It consists of 37 members elected for renewable four-year terms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>CAF Leadership<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a related development&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Patrice Motsepe<&sol;a> was re-elected as president of the Confederation of African Football &lpar;CAF&rpar; for a second term&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;