NSC to stop poor officiating in local football league
07 January 2025 |
2:06 am
In a move aimed at improving the quality of officiating in the Nigeria football league, the National Sports Commission (NSC) and leadership of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) have mapped strategies on how to work with all stakeholders to achieve better results.
In a move aimed at improving the quality of officiating in the Nigeria football league, the National Sports Commission (NSC) and leadership of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) have mapped strategies on how to work with all stakeholders to achieve better results.
This was a fall-out of a meeting the NSC Chairman, Shehu Dikko, had with the NRA President Sani Zubairu. In Dikko’s reckoning, the referees are cardinal to developing the domestic league.
“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 objective.”
According to Dikko, the officiating is key to having the quality of league. “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 need 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.”
On his part, Zubairu pledged NRA’s support in realising NSC’s dreams for the domestic league. “So far, 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.”
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