Highly respected Senegalese FIFA woman referee, Fadouma Dia, will be at the centre during Saturday’s 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African final qualifying match between Nigeria and Zambia, at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta.
Dia will be supported by compatriots Die Alse Sylla (1st Assistant), Adua Issue Cisse (2nd Assistant) and Amina Fall (4th Official).
The Match Commissioner is Hilda Addah from Ghana.
Nigeria’s Flamingoes won the first leg 2-1 in Lusaka, with second half goals by Patience Okaeme and Halimat Ayinde, to be in pole position for one of Africa’s three tickets to this year’s World Cup finals.
In other matches, Gambia will fly to Tunis to take on Tunisia while South Africa, who could only force the Ghanaian Princesses to a 0-0 in Johannesburg, are in for a tough duel in Accra.
Nigeria participated in the only two previous editions of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – New Zealand 2008 and Trinidad and Tobago 2010.
Meanwhile, Zambia’s 26-person delegation to the match in Abeokuta will fly into Nigeria at noon on Thursday.
The delegation will be immediately driven to Abeokuta in a well-secured convoy.