Wimbledon experience for Musa!

Nigerian referee, Saidu Musa is enjoying his experience at the ongoing Wimbledon Open Champions in England and is now eyeing an elevation by the International Tennis Federation.

Musa,  who is the highest ranked ITF official in West Africa –with bronze badge- is one of the few African officials at the SW19 and says he looked forward to more duties after taking charge of his first match on Wednesday.
“It’s a privilege to be among the few African referees here (in Wimbledon),” he said.
“I have been involved in one match here and hopefully, I will take charge of one or two other games because it’s a dream for any referee to be on duty at the Wimbledon which most people considered as the most glamorous of all the four Grand Slams in tennis,” he added.
This is the second time that the Niger state-born Musa will be officiating at the All England Club after his first experience in 2012.

Musa became a bronze badge referee in 2009 has also officiated at the Olympics and the All African Games.
Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) President, Engr. Sani Ndanusa said Musa being one of the few African officials at the tournament speaks volume of the quality of Nigerian tennis officials.
“This is just a testimony by the ITF that Nigerian referees are as good as those from any part of the world. Arinola Issa is another of our referees that is moving up steadily and very soon we hope he will graduate to the bronze badge” he declared.
Ndanusa promised that the NTF will provide more support for the nation’s officials to rise to the highest level.

 Musa, is a member of the NTF technical committee.Nigeria also boats of other top referees like Patrick Kamuhia  ,Paul Ugo Arinze ,and Arinola Isa-Banire