NCS endorse CAS in Nigeria

The National Council on Sports in Nigeria on Thursday endorsed the establishment of the Nigerian Court of Arbitration in Sports by the Nigeria Olympic Committee.The Council met at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Lagos to review activities of sports in the country as well as confirm dates and venues for the 18th National Sports Festival. The festival will hold in Lagos from November 27 to December 9, 2012.The President of the NOC, Mr. Sani Ndanusa had briefed the council on NOCs efforts so far in establishing the court which would entertain all petitions of sports in Nigeria. Most commissioners of sports in Nigeria, sports directors and zonal co-coordinators gave plaudits to the NOC for the novel idea that would bring sanity to the Nigerian sporting scene.We have been to CAS in Lausanne and will soon meet with the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the Senate as well as the House of Representatives. It is going to be an independent court in sports, Ndanusa said.The committee saddled with the responsibility to set up the Court of Arbitration in Sports in Nigeria is headed by eminent ex-international, Chief Adokie Amiesmaka.
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