It’s believe that Nigeria Referees Association under the leadership of Alhaji Tade Azees Adegboyega no doubt is giving shape and good image to the Association but the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday announced a 27-man list of the initial referees chosen to officiate the 2019 AFCON without a single arbiter from Nigeria, sports247.ng reports.
The 2019 African Cup of Nations is set to take place in Egypt between June 21 and July 19 this year.
The list of referees saw the presence of 20 different nationalities from across the continent.
Three referees from host country also made the list.
Full list of referees:
Mostafa Gharbal (Algeria),
Helder Martinez (Angola),
Joshua Bondo (Botswana),
Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Botswana), Aliom Aliom (Cameroon),
Gehad Geresha, Mahmoud El-Banna, Amine Omar (Egypt),
Bacary Gassama (Gambia),
Daniel Laria (Ghana),
Peter Waweru (Kenya),
Mamadou Keita (Mali),
Radwan Jaid (Morocco),
Nour ElDin El-Jaafari (Morocco),
Jackson Bafaza (Namibia),
Jean Jack Ngambo (DR Congo),
Louis Hazikimana (Botswana),
Megete N’Diaye (Senegal),
Bernard Camille (Seychelles),
Al-Fadel Mohamed Hussein (Sudan),
Victor Miguel (South Africa),
Sadek Al-Salmy, Youssef El-Sarairi, Haitham Kairat (Tunisia),
Gianni Sikazowi (Zambia).
