The task of molding and mentoring active referees in Nigeria
especially those handling the various leagues have been dropped at the
doorsteps of the Panel of Referees Assessors of the Referees Committee
of the Nigeria Football Federation.
The Nigeria Football Federation made this known during the opening session of the Pre-season seminar it organised for referees assessors at FIFA project complex in
Abuja.
Represented by the General Secretary of the NFF, Mohammad Sanusi, the football body
noted that the introduction of referees assessors has improved the
fortune of refereeing in Nigeria, adding that the job of making referees
excel is partly in the hands of the retired arbiters who have been
trained to asses the active ones.
Sanusi, who declared
the event open, expressed happiness on the introduction of referees
assessors in the premier league last season which according to him
contributed immensely to the wonderful performance of referees last
season.
The NFF scribe however informed the Referees Assessors that
fresh task awaits the assessors in the new season. He said that the
requests from the Nigerian Referees Association, NRA, related to better
welfare are being looked into with a view to accomplishing them for the
good of the referees.
Among the trainers
who tutored the Assessors were FIFA and CAF instructors; Callistus
Chukwujekwu, Emmanuel Imiere and NFF referees consultant, Linus Mba.
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