{"id":287301,"date":"2011-03-02T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/fifa-refuse-to-recognize-benins-new-fa-executive-committee\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T20:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T20:43:00","slug":"fifa-refuse-to-recognize-benins-new-fa-executive-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/fifa-refuse-to-recognize-benins-new-fa-executive-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA refuse to recognize Benin&#8217;s new FA executive committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kingsley Kobo<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Mar 2011 20:43:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.9787145242\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/43864c5126014_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Benin<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"25\"><\/p>\n<p>FIFA say they will not recognize the new executive committee of the Benin Football Federation installed early in February by a group from the former bureau who resigned last year, after an internal row with the FA President Anjorin Moucharafou.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we previously announced, the new structure will not be recognized by FIFA and CAF. Furthermore, we will not communicate with them henceforth. We kindly ask that you kindly convey our position to the Minister of Youth, Sport and Recreation,\u201d FIFA said in a letter addressed to the Benin FA.<\/p>\n<p>Benin Football Federation has been in disarray for months now following the resignation of 12 of its 15 members, who said they left the body due to the president\u2019s autocratic manner of handling its business.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the national leagues have been suspended. Preparations for the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers have been disturbed too.<\/p>\n<p>A joint FIFA and CAF mediation couldn\u2019t broker a peace deal after meeting both sides in Cotonou last January.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/43864c5126014_news-150x131.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2886\/africa\/2011\/03\/02\/2376544\/fifa-refuse-to-recognize-benins-new-fa-executive-committee\" title=\"FIFA refuse to recognize Benin's new FA executive committee\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FIFA refuse to recognize Benin&#8217;s new FA executive committee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kingsley Kobo 2 Mar 2011 20:43:00 Benin Related Links Teams FIFA say they will not recognize the new executive committee of the Benin Football Federation installed early in February by a group from the former bureau who resigned last year, after an internal row with the FA President Anjorin Moucharafou. \u201cAs we previously announced, the new structure will not be recognized by FIFA and CAF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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