Nigerian football administrator Samson Adamu, has been appointed General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football.\n<\/p>\n
CAF announced the appointment in a statement on its website on Sunday, following what it described as a comprehensive recruitment process.\n<\/p>\n
Adamu had been acting General Secretary since March, after Veron Mosengo-Omba resigned.\n<\/p>\n
Mosengo-Omba later became president of the football federation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n
CAF President Patrice Motsepe was quoted in the statement as saying the appointment followed a competitive exercise in which the position was widely advertised and several candidates were interviewed.<\/p>\n
Adamu has spent eight years at CAF, first as Director of Competitions and later as Director of Tournaments and Events.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAdamu brings extensive experience in African football administration, having joined CAF in 2018 as Director of Competitions before subsequently serving as Director of Tournaments and Events.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has played a leading role in the delivery of several major continental competitions, including CAF\u2019s flagship tournament, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations,\u201d Motsepe was quoted as saying.\n<\/p>\n
A graduate of the FIFA Master programme in International Management, Law and Humanities of Sport, Adamu brings considerable institutional knowledge to the role.\n<\/p>\n
He is expected to oversee CAF\u2019s day-to-day administration and support the implementation of its strategic priorities.\n<\/p>\n
Adamu is the son of Amos Adamu, a former Director of Sports in the then Ministry of Sports and a former FIFA Executive Committee member.\n<\/p>\n
His appointment places him in a line of CAF General Secretaries that includes members of Egypt\u2019s Fahmy family.\n<\/p>\n
Mourad Fahmy served from 1961 to 1982, followed by his son, Mustapha Fahmy, from 1982 to 2010, and grandson, Amr Fahmy, who held the post from 2017 to 2019.\n<\/p>\n
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