Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi is chairman of the ad hoc committee to organize the 2017 CAF Awards in Accra next year.

The CAF 1st Vice-President was appointed at the Emergency Committee meeting in Lagos two weeks ago.

The 2017 CAF Awards are scheduled for 4 January, 2018 in Accra.

Nigerian energy giant, Aiteo, one of Africa's leaders in the production and distribution of hydrocarbons, is the new title sponsor of the CAF Awards.