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Fifa’s boss Infantino calls an African summit meeting
FIFA President Gianni Infantino will meet more than 50 presidents of African football associationsin an unprecedented summit in Johannesburg this week, officials said on Sunday.
Each of the continent’s 54 member countries has been invited to a day-long executive summit with Infantino, called to discuss general issues in the game and explain FIFA’s plans to expand the World Cup and changes to its development structures.
It is the first time such a summit has been held at which FIFA deals directly with all the leaders of African football.
Infantino, however, did meet about 20 association presidents in Nigeria last July in a gathering that pointedly snubbed long-standing Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Issa Hayatou and members of his executive committee.
The meetings, which are being held behind closed doors, will be followed by a trip by Infantino to Harare on Thursday to join birthday celebrations for the Zimbabwe Football Association President Philip Chiyangwa, a vocal critical of Hayatou who is backing his opponent in next month’s CAF president election.
Hayatou, 70, is seeking to extend his tenure in office into a third decade but faces a strong challenge from Ahmad of Madagascar, a former government minister who uses just one name. The CAF elections are to be held in Addis Ababa on March 16.
Usually the only time all association presidents get together is for annual FIFA and CAF Congresses.
