An undisclosed Asian country has been
turned down as potential Africa Cup of
Nations hosts in favour of a nation near Ghana, a Confederation of African Football (Caf)
executive committee member has revealed. According to Alhaji MND Jawula, the Issa
Hayatou-led body has declined the offer,
despite finding it difficult to find a
suitable host of the tournament following
Morocco's withdrawal. The north African country pulled out of hosting next year's finals due to the
deadly Ebola outbreak and have proposed a
postponement, but Caf said they will go
ahead with the scheduled date of January 17
to February 8. Jawula, a former Ghana FA boss, said hosting the competition on another continent
would not be appropriate but assured that
a new host will be announced shortly. "Now the choice is between African countries
and, surprisingly, an Asian country is
interested to host the competition on our
behalf, but you know Caf is not very much in
tune with that, that will not be very good
for our [Africa's] image," he told state- owned network Radio Ghana. He added: "I can tell you that within the next five days an announcement will be made to indicate the country, and it's not
too far from Ghana, just two hours' drive
from Ghana, that will host the
competition."

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dclinton01:
An undisclosed Asian country has been
turned down as potential Africa Cup of
Nations hosts in favour of a nation near Ghana, a Confederation of African Football (Caf)
executive committee member has revealed. According to Alhaji MND Jawula, the Issa
Hayatou-led body has declined the offer,
despite finding it difficult to find a
suitable host of the tournament following
Morocco's withdrawal. The north African country pulled out of hosting next year's finals due to the
deadly Ebola outbreak and have proposed a
postponement, but Caf said they will go
ahead with the scheduled date of January 17
to February 8. Jawula, a former Ghana FA boss, said hosting the competition on another continent
would not be appropriate but assured that
a new host will be announced shortly. "Now the choice is between African countries
and, surprisingly, an Asian country is
interested to host the competition on our
behalf, but you know Caf is not very much in
tune with that, that will not be very good
for our [Africa's] image," he told state- owned network Radio Ghana. He added: "I can tell you that within the next five days an announcement will be made to indicate the country, and it's not
too far from Ghana, just two hours' drive
from Ghana, that will host the
competition."

m.goal.com/x/en/news/6070191

i guess they are referring to Nigeria.