This was contained in a letter by Faith Irabor, the Head of NFF’s Referees’ Development Committee/Unit.
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This was the central theme of remarks during the badging of Nigeria’s 2022 FIFA referees, assistant referees, beach soccer and Futsal referees at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project inside the package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday.
The Gombe State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria has called for drastic measures to check incidents of assault of assareferees in the Nigeria Professional Football League.
CAF announced on its website that David Laryea, Assistant Referee from Ghana, got life ban from all CAF related football activities following the Confederation’s recent Disciplinary Board meeting.
The Nigeria Referees Association has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the leadership crisis in the Nigeria Football Federation to avert FIFA’s impending ban.
Three matches are slated for the day, with Egypt taking on Uruguay in Ekaterinburg in Group A.
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The NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja that it was imperative for referees and match officials to be at par with their European counterparts.
He said some members of the association were allegedly attacked in some match venues during the Match Day 1 fixtures of the NPFL.
The FIFA Adviser, who called for improved performance, said it was time to elevate the standard of match officiating in Nigeria.
Zubairu said that the central medical team of NFF was not satisfied with some alterations on medical reports of some of the referees.
Zira told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the club owners should be blamed for the poor officiating
A statement from NFF’s Assistant Director (Communications), Ademola Olajire, said the second batch would be led by the Chairman of NFF’s Referees Committee, Ahmed Yusuf
The delegation, to be led by President of Nigeria Referees Association, Alhaji Ahmed Maude, and Chairman of the NFF Referees Committee, Alhaji Yusuf Ahmed Fresh, will depart for London on Sunday and will be at the English FA High Performance Training Facility at St. Georges Park, Burton-on-Trent on Monday andTuesday
Uwua said in an interview after his side lost to Plateau United of Jos at the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos on Saturday, that the centre referee was partial in his officiating
NAN reports that FIFA, through the Nigeria Referees Association, carries out the test yearly to test the fitness level of the badged referees and to prepare them for the 2013/2014 season
The Malian referees, led by centre referee, Mahamadou Keita, would fly into Lagos on Thursday evening and arrive in Kaduna on Friday morning
“The referees are not helping the league at all and we have been speaking with their Organising Committee and we will punish severely any referee trying to drag the name of the league in the mud,” the chairman said