Ghana's Youth and Sports Ministry have congratulated president of the Ghana Football Association Kwasi Nyantakyi on his latest appointment at the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
On Monday, Nyantakyi was named as the First Vice President of CAF.
He becomes the second most powerful person in African football and the first Ghanaian to rise to such position of power in African football.
"Congratulations to President of @ghanafaofficial for being named as a vice President of CAF. Ghana is very proud of your soaring achievement," The Sports Ministry posted this on twitter after the announcement.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to President of <a href="https://twitter.com/ghanafaofficial">@ghanafaofficial</a> for being named as a vice President of CAF. Ghana is very proud of your soaring achievement</p>— MoysGhOfficial (@MOYSGh) <a href="
">May 8, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Constant Omari of the DR Congo was named as the 2nd Vice President after two nominations was approved by the Executive Committee.