Kamanga Loses Bid for FIFA Council Seat

By Wilson Mulinda

Football Association of Zambia- FAZ- presidential candidate ANDREW KAMANGA has lost the bid for the FIFA council seat.

KAMANGA emerged seventh in the 10 man race that saw Moroccan FOUZI LEKJAA amass 49 votes ahead of Egyptian HANI ABOU RIDA who got 35 at par with Niger Chief DJIBRILLA HAMIDOU.

The other winners are AHMED YAHYA from Mauritanian and SOULEIMAN WABERI of Djibouti.

In sixth position was Nigerian FA boss AMAJU PINNICK who amassed 28 votes with KAMANGA getting 19 votes.

CAF President PATRICE MOTSEPE was re-elected unopposed in his position with nine other candidates elected largely unopposed on the CAF Executive committee.

This is contained in a statement issued to ZNBC news by FAZ Communications Manager SYDNEY MUNGALA.