Referees in danger of sanctions by the NFF

Emmanuel Alfred

The first evaluation report, sanctions, meted out to erring officials has been approved by the Board of the Nigeria Football Federation.

The report which was carefully written by Federation’s Referees Committee is headed by Mrs. Faith Irabor with the release being made public by the NFF’s Media Department.

Recall that during the inauguration of the NFF Referees Committee, the President, Alh. Ibrahim Musa Gusau had implored them to be of good character and to live up to the ethics of their profession.

The statement stated that Alh. Gusau had handed the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi the task of always putting a call through to all referees on arrival at their assignment venues, to remind them to discharge their duties efficiently and about the sanctity of fidelity to the laws of the game.

Despite these exhortations and reminders, a few officials had failed to abide by the rules and regulations, failed the diligence test, and have accordingly been sanctioned by the Referees Committee. These sanctions has thereby have now been approved by the NFF Board.