Nigeria Football

NFF wants Match Commissioners to enhance capacity

The Nigeria Football Federation has called on match
commissioners of the elite division of the domestic

game to improve their capacity and delivery in order to

help attract corporate interest and support.

NFF President Amaju Pinnick made this point in

Abuja on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of a three

–day seminar for match commissioners of the Nigeria

Professional Football League, Nigeria National League,

Nigeria Women Football League and Nigeria

Nationwide League One.

Speaking on Pinnick’s behalf, NFF 2nd Vice President/

LMC Chairman Shehu Dikko, who is also member of

the CAF Inter-Clubs and Club Licensing Committee and

member of the FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee,

announced that the days of match commissioners in

football could be numbered “if you do not up your

game.”

He said: “These days, even at higher levels, match

coordinators are gaining in relevance and their reports

are being taken more serious. It is left for match

commissioners to up their game, improve their

capacity and regain their high relevance.

“You must enhance yourself in every way possible, so

that your reports can become more robust and

engaging, and guide administrators to take the right

decisions. You have been doing a lot of work but you

need to move at a faster pace now.”

Chairman of the NFF Match Commissioners

Appointment Committee, Alhaji Babagana Kalli, in his

speech, commended the participants for service to

Nigerian Football, while warning that the Federation’s

eagle eyes would become much sharper to fish out

match officials who are in the habit of delegating

functions.

“It is important that we not only maintain the standards

of previous years, but also improve on them. This is

the reason why we have put together a panel of

experts in their different fields of professional

endeavour to shed light on different aspects of match

commissioning in order for us to further improve our

acts for the upliftment of the Nigerian game.

“Professor Musa Garba Yakassai will be talking to us

about Match Commissioning , while Mr. Ayobola

Oyeyode, the NFF Director of Competitions, will speak

on Match Coordination and Match Organization . Mr.

Mohammed Aminu will speak on Online Match

Reporting . I believe that you will learn a lot from these

erudite and experienced personalities.”

NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, called

on match commissioners to eschew indolence, focus

on the assignment at hand and add value to general

match organization and actual delivery.

Also at the opening ceremony were NFF Executive

Committee members Yusuf Fresh, Sharif Inuwa, Musa

Duhu and Mohammed Alkali, NFF Congress members

Sabo Abdullahi Dutse (Chairman, Jigawa FA), Timothy

Henman (Chairman, Taraba FA), Isa Umar (Chairman,

Kogi FA) and Dahiru Sadi (President, Players’ Union),

NFF Technical Director Bitrus Bewarang, LMC COO

Salihu Abubakar, Wikki Tourists FC chairman Auwalu

Babajada and other members of the Match

Commissioners Appointment Committee: Ahmad

Kawu, Faith Irabor, Prince Mbaezue, Manzo

Mohammed, Dele Ogungbemi, Emmanuel Ochiagha,

Yabagi Baba, Bala Yaro, Dahiru Yakassai, Gabriel

Adetule, Aminu Shantali and Danlami Alanana

(secretary).

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