Nyantakyi appointed onto FIFA Foundation Board

World soccer governing body, FIFA, has appointed GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, as a member of the board to steer the affairs of its newly established foundation, the FIFA Foundation.

Mr Nyantakyi was appointed during the meeting of the FIFA Council in Kolkata, India on Friday.

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino and FIFA Council member, Sonia Bien-Aime are the other members of the FIFA Foundation Board.

According to FIFA, the FIFA Foundation is established with the purpose of providing a solid legal and institutional basis for FIFA’s social development initiatives.

One of the core intentions of the FIFA Foundation will be to institutionalise a commitment of the FIFA Legends to engage in such activities and act as promoters of FIFA’s aims and objectives related to social development.

The FIFA Foundation should be operational by the first quarter of 2018 and will initially comprise the FIFA President and two members of the FIFA Council; Nyantakyi and Bien-Aime.

Later in the year, the FIFA Council will appoint a selection of respected personalities —from football and other areas of society — as additional members of the Foundation.

Meanwhile, the FIFA Council has also approved an increase in the prize money for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia to a total amount of $400 million — representing 12

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