Gusau Charges FIFA Instructors To Help Develop, Upscale Nigerian Referees

President of Nigeria Soccer Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Monday referred to as on FIFA refereeing instructors who’re in Nigeria for 3 refereeing programmes, to assist enhance the lot of Nigerian referees to a stage that they might be recurrently thought-about for main FIFA and CAF assignments.

Talking in his workplace throughout a go to by the instructors, Gusau appealed to the instructors from Zambia, Morocco, Mozambique and Djibouti to at all times discover time, even outdoors common tutorial intervals and classes, to speak with Nigerian referees with a view to supporting, encouraging and constructing them as much as be among the many absolute best on the African continent.

“We’ve our groups recurrently collaborating in main competitions in Africa and the world, and it’s at all times a painful factor seeing referees from different international locations whereas we hardly get to see our personal compatriots of the whistle. We wish you to take up this project past the common instruction programs; it’s best to endeavour to speak with them on a regular basis, encourage them, help them and provides them suggestions that may maintain enhancing them to get to the highest,” Gusau advised the FIFA crew.

Earlier, NFF Common Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi knowledgeable the instructors that Nigeria is one among only a few international locations who take part in nearly all FIFA and CAF competitions, and is sort of at all times qualifying for the main finals. “The brand new NFF administration is set to make sure that Nigerian referees additionally construct capability and develop to grow to be a part of the elites of the gorgeous recreation.”

The FIFA instructors, led by Gladys Lengwe from Zambia, additionally consists of Houssein Ali Mohamed from Djibouti, Mentioned Nouri from Morocco and Bento Navesse from Mozambique. They’re in Nigeria to superintend a Girls Referees Course, a Futsal Referees Course and an Elite Males Referees Course, all occurring between 1st – fifteenth July 2023.

A complete of 35 members are collaborating within the Girls Referees Course, whereas 40 members are within the Futsal Referees Course, and one other 40 are concerned within the Elite Males Referees Course.

Nigerian referee instructors Engineer Emmanuel Imiere, Felicia Okwugba, Saheed Ayeni, Ibrahim Fagge, Sarah Adebisi, Cecilia Ogbuji, Peter Edibe, Maryam Indo, Bola Sekiteri, Victor Ijereme, Dr. Aminu Shantali and Colonel Nicholas Achikasim are additionally concerned within the tutorial programme, in addition to Rabiu Gusau, Abraham Zakowi, Bello Abubakar and Calistus Chukwudi Chukwujekwu who’re members of the NFF Referees Committee.

The ladies referees’ course and futsal referees’ course, which started on Saturday, will finish on Thursday, sixth July, whereas the elite males referees’ course will take centrestage between ninth – fifteenth July.

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