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The Confederation of African Football has revealed why Nigerian referees are not selected to officiate at the Africa Cup of Nations and other football tournaments on the continent.
Head of Refereeing at the CAF, Noumandiez Doue, while speaking on Thursday during a CAF referees training session at Sol Beni (ASEC Mimosas Training Centre) in Abidjan, said Nigerian referees are good but need to do more.
No Nigerian referee has been selected among the officials for the biennial competition for 18 years, this decision has, however, been debated among football stakeholders within the country.
In September, Nigerian football fans bemoaned the released lists of referees for the 2023 Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations ongoing in Cote dIvoire in 2024 for not having any referee from the country.
Justifying this, Doue said CAF goes for the best on the continent and not just average referees.
You have good referees in Nigeria and to come to AFCON you have to be the best.
Good referees are for the Zones, you have to be the best to come to the CAF competitions. (The PUNCH)
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