Nyantakyi attends first meeting of newly-formed FIFA Council meeting

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Sports News of Thursday, 13 October 2016

Source: GHANAsoccernet.com

2016-10-13

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Newly-elected CAF representative Kwesi Nyantakyi will attend the first ever FIFA Council meeting in Zurich which starts today (Thursday) and ends tomorrow.

Nyantakyi and 36 other influential persons including FIFA president Gianni Infantino will ratify decisions of the Bureau of the Council.

They will be discussing key football issues including approving several programmes including a change to the international match calendar 2015-2018, FIFA Event Calendar for 2017.

In administration, they will look at the composition of the FIFA Standing Committee and others.

The FIFA Council is a non-executive, supervisory and strategic body that sets the vision for the body and global football.