President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has been appointed into the Organising Committee for Competitions at world football governing body, Fifa.The committee is one of the remaining nine consolidated committees from the 66th Congress in Mexico last year, and Pinnick, a former member of the Fifa U20 World Cup Committee, has been selected to sit on it.
This was confirmed in a letter signed by Fifa Secretary General, Fatma Samoura dated 18th January 2017, with the Zurich-based body wishing theNFFboss success.
“We are very pleased to inform you that you have been appointed member of the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions. We wish you our sincere congratulations on this appointment,”the letter read.
“The FIFA administration is at your disposal through the following Administration Officer, whowill be in contact with you regarding the upcoming meetings and any further aspects relating to your office as member of this committee: Colin Smith, Chief Competitions Officer.
“We wish you great success and enjoyment in this role at FIFA and look forward to welcoming you soon to Zurich.”The appointment will see Pinnick work directly with Uefa boss Aleksander Ceferin, who is the head of the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions.
This development is likely to put Nigerian footballin good light after thedark cloud of controversiesover the past months, particularly as Pinnick seeks election into the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football scheduled for 16th March, 2017.
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