Former Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips has been elected into the membership of the highly respected FIFA Ethics Committee.
Justice Phillips is currently the Chairman of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC).
Justice Phillips’ election was ratified by the congress of FIFA at its 67th Congress in Manama, Bahrain on Thursday, May 11.
Her election signposts further evidence of the rising profile of Nigeria in International sports, mainly Football as shown by the recent appointments of the NFF President, Amaju Pinnck into important CAF and FIFA roles.
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).
On Monday, May 8 NFF President Amaju Pinnick, who was elected as member of the CAF Executive Committee in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in March, and has also been appointed into the influential Organizing Committee for FIFA Competitions, became the first Nigerian to be appointed President of the Organizing Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Pinnick was also appointed President of the Media Committee.