{"id":424997,"date":"2011-05-16T19:13:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T19:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/16\/hayatou-disbands-wafu-to-disarm-ghana%e2%80%99s-nyantakyi\/"},"modified":"2011-05-16T19:13:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T19:13:18","slug":"hayatou-disbands-wafu-to-disarm-ghanas-nyantakyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/16\/hayatou-disbands-wafu-to-disarm-ghanas-nyantakyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayatou Disbands Wafu To Disarm Ghana\u2019s Nyantakyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"94\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-29382\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/hayatou-disbands-wafu-to-disarm-ghanas-nyantakyi\/nyantakyi_226_170-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29382\" title=\"Hayatou disbands Wafu to disarm Ghana's Nyantakyi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/nyantakyi_226_170-.jpg\" alt=\"The West African Football Union (Wafu) has been bizarrely disbanded by Caf, stripping Ghana's Kwesi Nyantakyi as the interim boss of the regional body.\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi is the interim president of Wafu<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The West African Football Union (Wafu) has been bizarrely disbanded by Caf, stripping Ghana\u2019s Kwesi Nyantakyi as the interim boss of the regional body.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken at the Caf Executive Committee meeting in Cairo on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The move orchestrated by Caf president Issa Hayatou is seen by many Wafu members as a measure to weaken Wafu which was growing in influence.<\/p>\n<p>Hayatou\u2019s allies Amos Adamu and Anjorin Moucharafou, who were then in charge, had tried desperately hard to stay in charge of Wafu but members booted out their administration last month.<\/p>\n<p>This came quickly after many of Hayatou\u2019s allies lost executive committee elections in Sudan in March, signalling that the Cameroonian could lose the next Caf elections.<\/p>\n<p>Anjorin, a strong Hayatou ally was throroughly thrashed by Nyantakyi at the Caf elections.<\/p>\n<p>A Caf statement said the move was being made \u201cconsidering the organisational issues that face Wafu\u201d and that the region would be divided into two.<\/p>\n<p>But the crass move to disband Wafu will rather kill regional football in West Africa rather than enhancing it.<\/p>\n<p>Wafu was being run by an interim committee, led by Ghana\u2019s FA President Kwesi Nyantakyi, pending Caf\u2019s review of the regional bodies.<\/p>\n<p>The previous president of Wafu, Amos Adamu of Nigeria, is appealing against a three-year suspension from football for allegedly seeking bribes during 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding.<\/p>\n<p>The Wafu Cup has just been completed in Abeokuta in Nigeria, where the hosts were beaten in the final by Togo.<\/p>\n<p>The region will be split into two areas \u2013 Western Zone A and Western Zone B.<\/p>\n<p>Zone A encompasses Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p>Zone B features Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Togo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/hayatou-disbands-wafu-to-disarm-ghanas-nyantakyi\/\" title=\"Hayatou Disbands Wafu To Disarm Ghana\u2019s Nyantakyi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hayatou Disbands Wafu To Disarm Ghana\u2019s Nyantakyi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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