Ahmad Ahmad Vies For Second Term

Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad has submitted his candidacy to serve a second term in office when elections take place next March.

The 60-year-old, who took charge in 2017, has been formally entered into the race by Madagascar’s federation, as per CAF rules which require any candidate to be nominated by his own association.

Yesterday’s confirmation is a culmination of weeks of intense boardroom activities which have seen 46 of the CAF’s 45 association presidents append their signatures to a statement calling on Ahmad to consider contesting again.

ZIFA president, Felton Kamambo, did not throw his weight behind those boardroom moves saying he did not believe in going into a bloc arrangement with the COSAFA leaders and the association will, instead, go it alone.

“If Ahmad puts his name forward, we are ready to support him. It’s obvious that we want to see continuity. But like I said, we don’t put our support through groups. We will make an official announcement on ourselves.

“As ZIFA we are happy with what we have seen so far during Ahmad’s campaign.

“I personally admire the reforms that he made at the CAF secretariat and in women’s football,” said Kamambo. Herald