rooster59 Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 African woman becomes new secretary general of crisis-hit FIFAAn African woman has been named as FIFA’s new secretary general, as the global soccer ruling body tries to move on from a corruption scandal.Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, the United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative in Nigeria, will be responsible for the day to day running of the federation.“FIFA is taking a fresh approach to its work and I am eager to play a role in making that approach as effective and lasting as possible,” she said in a statement.Samoura’s appointment was announced by president Gianni Infantino, who was hosting his first Congress since he was elected in February to lead the federation out of its crisis.The corruption scandal has seen 42 soccer officials and entities indicted in the US.FIFA’s Congress also passed a resolution which gives its board, known as the FIFA Council, the power to fire the heads of its independent committees at almost any time.In addition, the Congress voted to accept Kosovo and Gibraltar as the organisation’s 210th and 211th members, opening the way for them to take part in the 2018 World Cup qualifying competition. -- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-05-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Interesting report on CNN this morning that the Fifa council only found out an hour before the announcement who the appointee was made and that Infantino has given old pal Luiz Figo an admin post within Fifa. Looks like he's settling into the well worn ' I'm in charge ' role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2unique Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Does she understand the offside rule.... too soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 An Africa and a woman involved in football, what could possibly go wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtRock Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Anyone else see the irony in appointing a Nigerian to head an organisation riddled with corruption scandals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesterm Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Trying to compensate big time. Not only an African but a woman too. Let's make sure no one is world dares criticize us after this because we are such good people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nationalInquirer Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura[1] (born 1962 in Senegal) wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 An Africa and a woman involved in football, what could possibly go wrong Yes certainly not a good combination, but hey it's Fifa carry on where they left off. CORRUPT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lopchan Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Outstanding effort by the dinosaurs of the 'Old boys" club. Please explain to me how the ender of someone is relevant to running any organization and possibly making a success of it. While I'm well to the right of nazi-feminist ideals, I find the attitude of some of the remarks here already, to be hinting a Neanderthal, chauvinistic ideals which must make your women-folk cringe...Further, I don't see why a woman can't be the boss of a game dominated by overly feminine, sookie-lalas, who take a dive and wimp on like a bunch of wusses in an attempt to gain a free...big bunch of pansies in fishnet stockings the lot of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Anyone else see the irony in appointing a Nigerian to head an organisation riddled with corruption scandals Yes, but, without checking, I don't think she is Nigerian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 FIFA has no clue and they deserve all the investigations they get. Problem = Corruption and Reputation Solution = Appoint a person from a country that has the worst reputation for corruption! Just from a PR level, this is a disaster. Gender, no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Corruption ridden FIFA choses a 'header' from one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Is this another attempt to draw attention away from the real stuff? I bet it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakhonandy Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Well she is from Senegal and not Nigeria. However not exactly high on the anti-corruption stakes either. My concern is now that FIFA can sack any of their (so called) independent committees, not really a good start. In fact, Domenico Scala, one of the main people rooting out scandal has resigned due to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo2014 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Seriously from Nigeria and they want to star away from corruption. You couldn't make this up. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Seriously from Nigeria and they want to star away from corruption. You couldn't make this up. No, please read before replying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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