Referees on duty in the Nigeria Professional Football League, have been told to imbibe accepted professional conduct on and off the field of play.
President of the Nigeria Referees Association, NRA, Otunba Tade Azeez made this known after a review of the matches played so far since the league commenced two weeks ago.
Speaking ahead of the matches today and tomorrow at various centres, Otunba Tade Azeez noted that match officials are expected to adapt to best practices expected of them before, during and after the matches.
In Kaduna, the Secretary General of the NRA, Dr Suleiman Omezia will lead the team officials comprising Faro Abdulrahaman of Lagos, Majindadi Umar and Eluozor Felix of Gombe and Rivers respectively will be on the stand to assessor performances of Mattew Taminu of plateau council assisted by Zamfara’s Rabiu Auwal and Sani Baba of Bauchi.
Another NRA national officer, MSA Dantsoho, will be in Lafia to assess Gombe’s Sani Babayo alongside Abubakar Jimoh and Abdulwahab Bakare of Lagos and Bauchi respectively for the Nassarawa vs Akwa tie.
The Appointment from the NFF Referees Committee
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GOMBE UTD VS LOBI STARS
OKPECHI M. U FCT Assessor
ALABA FUNMILAYO OG Referee
AMOS ONUNWOR RV Assistant Referee 1
MOHD ZANGO KN Assistant Referee 2
BROWN EZENEZER AB Fourth Official
YUSUF SALEH KT Match Commissioner
GOMBE
03/01/22
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SHOOTING STARS VS KATSINA UTD
OKUNDOLOR JOHNBULL ED
CHIDI ONYEMEZIE FCT
EBUKA EMMANUEL CR
NJOKU WILLIAMS IM
BUHARI BAWA P GM
OKORO IDIKA D EB
IBADAN
03/01/22
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KANO PILLLARS VS ENYIMBA INT
DR SULEIMAN OMEIZA FCT
FARO ABDULRAHMAN LG
MAJIJADI UMAR GM
ELUOZOR FELIX RV
MOHD SAMBO NG
HAMZA BABA BA
KADUNA
02/01/22
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RIVERS UTD VS SUNSHINE STARS
BAWA KABIRU KN
MOHD ZAKARI NG
AMINU ADAMU SK
ABDULLAHI AHMED BA
MUSBAO IBRAHIM EB
JOACHIM OTUGEME AB
PORTHACOURT
02/01/22
35
RANGERS INT VS NIGER
MAROOF O FCT
OLANIYI OLADAPO OD
MOSES ALAIYEMOLA SK
ISA SANI TR
AKANINYENE UDOTTE AK
OLOYODE BABATUNDE OY
NNEWI
02/01/22
36
ABIA WARRIORS VS KWARA UTD
MOSES ADEBANJO LG
YUSUF INDABAWA KN
CLETUS ADEWEBI LG
ABDULRASHEED JIMOH BA
ANYANWU EDWIN C RV
TUKURU PETERS BY
OKIGWE
03/01/22
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WIKKI TOURIST VS MFM FC
FELICIA O PL
MOHD GATA NG
IBRAHIM TIJJANI KT
COSMAS OKOYE AN
FIZOBE SAMSON FCT
PETER AKAAZUA BN
BAUCHI
02/01/22
38
PLATEAU UTD VS HEARTLAND FC
BOLA SEKETERI OD
TAIWO DAVID OY
SAIDQ DAUDA SK
ABDIULLAHI SHAIBU BA
ZAKARI SANI KN
IBRAHIM MOHD BO
JOS
02/01/22
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DAKADA FC VS REMO STARS
FR JUDE ANI EN
TANIMU MATHEW PL
RABIU AUWAL ZM
SANI BABA BA
EZE EDWIN EN
PATIENCE ANYANWU IM
UYO
02/01/22
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NASARAWA UTD VS AKWA UTD
DANTSOHO KD
SANI BABAYO GM
ABUBAKAR JIMOH LG
ABDULWAHAB BAKARE BA
EZE OKECHUKWU EN
ABBA BULEMA YB
LAFIA
02/01/22
Otunba Tade Azeez wishes all officials best of luck and journey mercies
