By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Amaju Melvin Pinnick will now serve as special adviser to the president of Confederation of African Football, CAF, Patrice Motsepe” Prompt News reports.
Motsepe made his intention known during the CAF executive committee meeting on Saturday.
The decision to appoint Pinnick his special adviser was then ratified by executive committee.
The astute football administrator by virtue of his new position will attend CAF’s exco meeting.
The 54-year-old lost his seat in the Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, this year.
He played a crucial role in Motsepe’s election as CAF president in March 2021.
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Pinnick was elected president of the NFF on September, 30, 2014, and was reelected for another four-year term on September, 20 2018.
He was the third Nigerian to serve in the FIFA council after Oyo Orok Oyo, and Amos Adamu.
