The annual seminar for match commissioners in the country will be held 2nd – 3rd March, 2015, the Match Commissioners’ Appointment Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation resolved on Wednesday.
Another seminar for match assessors will be conducted by the Referees Committee on behalf of the Match Commissioners’ Appointment Committee, with a date to be announced later.
Participants at the seminar will undergo written and aptitude tests and those who fail to measure up will be sent packing without any sentiments.
At its meeting held at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja, the Match Commissioner’s Appointment Committee also ruled that new entrants into the match commissioners’ forum must be endorsed by the Chairman of their State Football Association. The body also ruled that match commissioners and assessors must, henceforth, be information technology –compliant.
Etubom Paul Bassey, foremost football administrator and CAF General Coordinator, is one of three resource persons to conduct the forthcoming seminar.