The OFC executive committee met to review strategic objectives, vote on a number of key resolutions and elect the positions of senior vice President, vice president and treasurer. This was the first executive committee meeting since January’s elective OFC congress in American Samoa.
Also during the meeting Martin Alufurai (Solomon Islands) was elected as the senior vice president while Lee Harmon (Cook Islands) the vice president.
Dr. Sahu Khan says he has served the OFC executive before but confirmed that this was the first time being elected in as a treasurer for the OFC.
“This is the first time that I have been elected for this post. This new role will be a challenge as now the whole finance duties of OFC will come under me,” he said.
Fiji FA chief executive officer Bob Kumar says this was indeed another proud moment.
“We are very proud to see our president being elected as treasurer of OFC. It is a big plus for Fiji and it also goes to show the caliber of person Dr. Sahu Khan is with his administration experience and expertise,” Kumar said.
The OFC Executive Committee also approved the following during the meeting:
• the restructure of the OFC Secretariat
• the revised internal regulations
• the decision to establish a commercial arm ‘OFC Limited’ to run the football business of OFC
• the concept plans for the new OFC Football Academy with construction to begin mid-2011
• the new competition ‘OFC Cup’ to include club champions of developing countries – American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga
• the proposal to keep the O-League format the same until 2012/2013 but with the two New Zealand teams to be split across the two groups, beginning in 2012/2013, instead of one group (current)
• the decision to cancel the concept of a shared bid to host the FIFA U-17 World Cup across Oceania in 2017 due to high costs
• declaration of support for New Zealand’s bid to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015, acknowledging that it will leave a lasting legacy across the region
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Fiji FA President elected OFC treasurer
