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National honour for CAF President Hayatou
Accra, June 23, Ghanadot/GNA –
Confederation of African Football (CAF) President, Issa
Hayatou has been nominated for the National Awards for the
Order of the Volta - Member (Sports) by Ghana’s President
John Agyekum Kufuor.
The Cameroonian, who has headed the continent’s soccer
controlling body for the past 20-years, is one of the few
expatriates amongst the 241 recipients.
Alhaji Hayatou, 62, is being rewarded for his outstanding
contribution to the development of football on the continent
and the world as a whole.
Since assuming the head of the CAF presidency in 1988,
Alhaji Hayatou has led a lot of positive campaigns with his
most remarkable achievement being the first ever World Cup
to be staged on African soil in 2010 in South Africa.
Alhaji Hayatou is a recipient of several national awards
including the Legion of French Honour, Order of the Gold
Merit of Association of National Olympic Committee and Medal
of Honour of Supreme Council of Sports in Africa (SCSA).
The rest of the sporting fraternity of the Order of Volta-
Member, are Alhaji Nurudeen Jawula, former president of GFA
(Sports) Dr Kofi Amoah, Chairman of LOC Ghana 2008 (sports)
and Mr Sandy Osei Agyeman, athlete (Sports).
Those for the Grand Medal- (Sports) award include Alhaji
Abdul Karim Gruzah, (founder, King Faisal Babes), Alhaji Sly
Tetteh (President, Liberty Profe
sionals Football Club) and IBF Bantamweight champion, Joseph
Agbeko.
The rest of the sporting personalities include coach
Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie (Head Coach, Black Starlets), Adjoa
Bayor (captain, Black Queens), Alberta Sackey (former
captain, Black Queens), Vida Anim (Athlete), Opoku Nti and
Kwesi Appiah former players of the Black Stars football
club.
The Awards ceremony has been fixed for July 3 at the Accra
International Conference Centre (AICC).
GNA
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