FIFA Appoints Amaju Pinnick into Organising Committee for Competitions

   World football-governing body, FIFA, has named the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Pinnick, into one of its most important committees; the Organising Committee for Competitions.

   Hitherto, the world body had different committees for organisation of its several competitions, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA Women’s World Cup, FIFA U20 World Cup, FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, FIFA U17 World Cup, FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Pinnick was a member of the Organising Committee for the FIFA U20 World Cup.

    In line with the new FIFA reforms, each proposed member of any of the committees was made to go through a comprehensive integrity check conducted by several organisations of global relevance and stature.

Pinnick’s appointment, and in particular the thorough and painstaking checks that he passed with full marks, is seen as a big thumbs –up for Nigerian Football.

    As a member of the CAF Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, Pinnick is presently at the 31stAfrica Cup finals ongoing in Gabon, and will be match commissioner for Saturday’s potentially –explosive West African derby between Mali and Ghana.