The Technical Director of Rangers FC of Enugu, Christian Chukwu, has said that the introduction of secret match assessors by the League Management Company , to monitor referees at league venues, will go a long way in improving the standard of the Nigeria Football Professional League . The league kicked off across various centres in Nigeria at the weekend.
If this process works out, it will go a long way in making corrupt referees do their job in the right way. Nigeria league has not been running so well due to poor officiating. It is embarrassing that this ugly act is also reflecting in world championships as Nigerian referees are hardly recognised to officiate international games by FIFA and CAF,” he said.
He revealed that LMC did not introduce secret match assessor to the NPFL to witch-hunt any referee. “Our goal is to maintain high level integrity in officiating in the Nigeria league. Video Assistance Referee is used in the English Premier League , and that does not mean the referees in the EPL are not reliable. All we are doing is to improve the standard of the NPFL by involving secret match assessor,” Owunmi said.
Nigeria’s most successful club, Enyimba FC of Aba, will pocket $4 million, if they win the inaugural African Football League , the Confederation Africaine de Football has announced.