The National Sports Commission (NSC) is committed to working with all stakeholders in advancing improved officiating in the domestic football league.
This was a fall-out of a meeting the NSC Chairman Shehu Dikko had with the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) President Sani Zubairu.
In Dikko’s reckoning, the referees are cardinal to developing the domestic league.
His words, “We are placing so much emphasis on growing our local contents. The great Pele once said that a country’s national team is as good as the league. So whatever we are doing globally in football, what rubs off directly on our economy is the domestic league.
“We are working on strategies in evolving the sports economy and the league is paramount to that goal as one of the critical drivers in jumpstarting the domestic sports industry. We are measured by the success of our league. So we will be very deliberate on improving every facet of the league and are ready to engage all stakeholders on this objectives.”
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He continued, “The officiating is key to having the quality of league we are craving for. This is why occasional interface with the NRA is very necessary. We have to know how we can support to boost officiating in the league and what enablers needs to be in place.
“It is important to know their present challenges and how we can come in. Of course, in doing this, we have to collaborate with the NFF, the parent association and regulator of football in Nigeria.
“Indeed, during my time with the league I did work very closely with NRA and supported a lot of the referees developmental programs and even branding through provisions of official uniforms and other logistics to make their jobs better which was quite unprecedented and set standards for the future thus I am quite aware of most of the problems and what needs to be done”
Zubairu pledged NRA’s support in realizing NSC’s dreams for the domestic league.
He said, “So far so good. We will say that our officiating in the league has been so good as we are entering the halfway mark. We have come to meet with the NSC Chairman. He is our overall boss of sports in Nigeria and key member of the family that understands the issues. We have been doing this together over the years.
“I have come to congratulate him and wish him all the best in this new assignment which we all know and believe he is very capable and competent to deliver. The larger group of the NRA association will still come here on a more formal meeting. We will surely collaborate with him to see how far we can help him achieve these big plans he has for our league.
“We know that he is an achiever and we are very sure that he will not fail. He is our boss and he knows what is good for us with all his experience from the league, Federation, CAF and FIFA.”
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De Nigeriaanse Sportcommissie (NSC) heeft onlangs aangekondigd dat ze een samenwerking zijn aangegaan met de Nigeriaanse Scheidsrechtersvereniging (NRA) om de officiating in de Nigeriaanse Premier League (NPFL), de Nigeriaanse Nationale Liga (NNL) en andere competities te verbeteren.
De NSC heeft erkend dat het niveau van scheidsrechterlijke beslissingen in het Nigeriaanse voetbal de afgelopen jaren onder vuur heeft gelegen en dat er dringend actie moet worden ondernomen om de integriteit van de competities te waarborgen. Door samen te werken met de NRA hoopt de NSC de kwaliteit van de scheidsrechters te verbeteren en ervoor te zorgen dat wedstrijden eerlijk en professioneel worden gefloten.
Een van de belangrijkste doelstellingen van de samenwerking is het organiseren van trainingen en workshops voor scheidsrechters in de NPFL, NNL en andere competities. Deze trainingen zullen zich richten op het verbeteren van de kennis en vaardigheden van scheidsrechters, het bevorderen van een consistente toepassing van de regels en het vergroten van de transparantie en verantwoording in het besluitvormingsproces.
Daarnaast zal de NSC samen met de NRA strengere maatregelen implementeren om wangedrag en matchfixing onder scheidsrechters aan te pakken. Er zullen sancties worden opgelegd aan scheidsrechters die zich schuldig maken aan onsportief gedrag of die betrokken zijn bij omkoping of manipulatie van wedstrijden.
Deze samenwerking tussen de NSC en de NRA markeert een belangrijke stap voorwaarts in de professionalisering van het Nigeriaanse voetbal. Door te investeren in de ontwikkeling van scheidsrechters en het handhaven van strenge ethische normen, hopen beide organisaties bij te dragen aan een eerlijker en competitiever speelveld voor alle betrokkenen. Met deze gezamenlijke inspanningen kunnen fans, spelers en clubs vertrouwen hebben in de integriteit van het Nigeriaanse voetbal en kunnen ze genieten van spannende en eerlijke wedstrijden.
