International Football
Nigerian Enters FIFA Ethics Committee
The immediate past Lagos Chief Judge, Ayotunde Phillips, was on Thursday elected as the only African in the FIFA Ethics Committee.
That was one of the high points at the 67th FIFA Congress in Manama, Bahrain on Thursday.
Justice Phillips is at the moment, the Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC).
The new FIFA Ethics Committee (Adjudicatory Chamber) is headed by Vassilios Skouris (Greece), the longest –serving President of the European Court of Justice. Fiti Sunia (American Samoa), a Judge and former Attorney General of American Samoa, is deputy chairman.
Other Members are Mohammad Ali Al Kamali (United Arab Emirates: Asia), Aivar Pohlak (Estonia: Europe), Margarita Echeverria (Costa Rica: North and Central America and the Caribbeans), Jack Kariko (Papua New Guinea: Oceania) and Flavio Zveiter (Brazil: South America).