Pinnick in March won a seat on the Executive Committee of the CAF along with the change in leadership which saw Ahmad Ahmad become president.

Under the new CAF leadership of Ahmad, Pinnick has now been appointed the president of AFCON and media Committees of CAF.

Pinnick is currently in Bahrain for the 67th FIFA Congress.

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The Delta State born football administrator in the March elections beat long-standing member Anjorin Moucharafou who is also the head of Benin Republic Football Federation to become the Executive Committee of CAF.

Pinnick got 32 votes to Moucharafou's 17 to become the West Zone B representative at the CAF Executive Committee.

Pinnick will serve from 2017-2021 for his first term.

The 44-year-old was elected as boss of the NFF in September 2014; his tenure as NFF boss expires in 2018.