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Nigeria draws curtain on capacity building for professional football referees

Xinhua, May 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigeria's football authorities on Friday drew the curtains on a five-day capacity building for referees in the West African country, a developmental program aimed at preparing the Nigerian professionals to officiate in FIFA World Cups.

Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Mohammed Sanusi told Xinhua the FIFA Member Association Course for Referees which commenced on Monday was made tick officials of the world football governing body, FIFA, who graciously accepted to train the Nigerian referees and give them the necessary support to be able to participate in global football events.

President of the Nigeria Referees Association Tade Azeez said the development program would enable the match officials to be up to date on the rules of football, which had been reviewed.

He said it was necessary for referees to be familiar with the new rules of FIFA, which would be effective soon.

Mohammed Ameenu, a FIFA-trained national technical instructor said the course for elite referees would improve the game of football in Nigeria.

According to him, FIFA has changed the philosophy and the approaches of the game and had also amended a lot of the sections of the laws.

The course, he said, had updated the referees and assessors on current trend which would take effect from June 1. Endit