FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - African Confederation Cup Quarter Final Draw - Marriott Zamalek Cairo, Cairo, Egypt - March 20, 2019 CAF director of competitions Samson Adamu during the Confederation Cup quarter final draw REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - African Confederation Cup Quarter Final Draw - Marriott Zamalek Cairo, Cairo, Egypt - March 20, 2019 CAF director of competitions Samson Adamu during the Confederation Cup quarter final draw REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Nov 1 : Nigerian Samson Adamu has been named as the Confederation of African Football’s new General Secretary, the continental body said on Sunday
• Adamu had been acting general secretary since March after Veron Mosengo-Omba resigned and later became president of the football federation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• CAF President Patrice Motsepe said Adamu’s appointment followed a comprehensive recruitment process, during which the position was widely advertised and several candidates were interviewed
• Adamu has worked at CAF for the last eight years, serving as director of competitions and then director of tournaments and events
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• His father Amos Adamu was a member of FIFA’s executive committee but was banned in 2010 for breaching bribery rules
• Previous CAF general secretaries included three generations of Egypt's Fahmy family, with Mourad Fahmy serving from 1961-1982, his son Mustapha Fahmy from 1982-2010 and grandson Amr Fahmy from 2017-2019.
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Clare Fallon)
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