CAF presidency: Hayatou strategises for eighth term

FIFA President, Sepp Blatter(L) and CAF President, Issa Hayatou(R)

The president of the Confederation of African Football Issa Hayatou is working round the clock to change a long-standing age-limit rule to allow him run again in the next polls.

 

The present rule does not permit anyone older than 70 to contest for the post, but Hayatou, whose current term expires in 2017 when he would be 70, wants another term.

Hayatou’s allies are taking inspiration from a similar change at the FIFA level, where there are now no age-restrictions in contesting the presidency.

“FIFA does not have age limits for its committee members so CAF wants to bring this in line with them,” executive committee member Kwesi Nyantakyi, who is also the FA boss of Ghana, said.

This eighth term would keep the Cameroonian - who has been in charge since 1988 in office until 2021 and the change is expected to be made at the body’s next congress in Cairo in April.

...NigerianTribune