This candidacy comes in view of the next General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to be held in Rabat on March 12, according to a FRMF statement published on its website. 
This bid is the first of its kind from Morocco to this world sporting body, it added.

Lekjaa is second vice-president of the CAF and holds several positions within the bodies and committees of world and continental soccer. He is chairman of the CAF finance committee and vice-chairman of the CAF Organizing Committee for Inter-Club competitions and Management of Club Licensing System. He is also member of the FIFA governance committee.