Jordan FA President Prince Ali Bin Ali has said that the African continent has not well been served by FIFA and that if he is elected the Chief of  the world governing body he would change this.

In his statement sent to media houses,the Jordan Football President is confident of winning the Presidency and expect Africa to rally behind him.

Here is his statement

” The destiny of both Africa and of football have long been intertwined. The African continent is home to over a quarter of the world’s footballing nations and football is a part of the very fabric of African society.

    Nobody in the world can deny that the success of African football has spread far beyond the shores of the continent.

   African players have impacted the European and international game with footballers such as George Weah and Tony Yeboah and, more recently, Didier Drogba, the Toure brothers and Samuel Eto’o, playing for leading European teams with a style of play cultivated on African soil.

  However, unfortunately, like everywhere in the football world, Africa has not always been well served by FIFA which has at times ignored its football prowess and at other times hasn’t made decisions that have benefited Africa’s national associations.

   I am running for president because I want to deliver the positive change to the Football Associations of Africa and around the world that they deserve, and I am totally committed to delivering meaningful change in FIFA hand in hand with the national associations.”

 The statement by the Jordan FA president  Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein

Austin Oduor

talking African football