The South African will speak with Nyantakyi at the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Rwanda as the South African seeks support in a final bid to revive his ailing election campaign.
Widespread condemnation of Sexwale’s campaign in his own country resulted in his grilling on Tuesday by high-ranking officials of the South African Football Association (SAFA), who had earlier endorsed his candidacy in the race to replace Sepp Blatter.
While criticism of the closed campaign was muted in South Africa because of Sexwale’s status, Nyantakyi openly expressed his thoughts on the campaign.
“We have listened to all the candidates and we know what each of them is bringing on board and who shares in our vision,” Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi was quoted as saying last month in the Ghanaian media.
“You can read from them that some are very serious about their bid and others are just walking through … just like Tokyo Sexwale.”
Sexwale is the only African candidate in the five-man field which also has former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne and UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino.
During apartheid, Sexwale was a political prisoner on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela.
Nyantakyi, a member of the African soccer confederation’s executive committee, said Sexwale had relied too much on his anti-apartheid activist past and “those things are not enough to win you the FIFA presidency.”
Sexwale’s spokesman did not immediately respond to phone calls and messages seeking a comment.
UEFA secretary general Infantino and Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman of Bahrain have emerged as the strongest candidates to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president on Feb. 26.
The other candidate is former FIFA Vice president Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan
SOURCE;CITIFMONLINE.COM
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