Football
The Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) on Wednesday issued the second Integrity Initiative Circular, which
relates principally to what match officials must observe henceforth to preserve
integrity in the organization of football matches within Nigeria.
The circular, addressed to
Members of the NFF Executive Committee, Chairman of LMC, Chairmen of the NNL,
NWFL and NLO, Chairman of the NFF Referees Committee, Chairman of the NFF Match
Commissioners Appointment Committee, Football Associations of the 36 States and
the FCT and All Members of the NFF, read:
“As part of the on-going
Integrity Initiative Strategy Guideline implementation, the Integrity Unit has
identified further areas that calls for review in order to ensure that there is
no ambiguity in the conduct of all activities relating to the organisation of
football matches within the territory of Nigeria.
“In view of the need to
further create an enabling environment devoid of rancour and misrepresentation
of interests, the Nigeria Football Federation Integrity Unit is hereby calling
for the implementation of the following:
That henceforth, all match
officials are to report to the State Football Association on arrival to a given
State for their assignment. No match official is allowed to report to any Club
management on arrival for his/her assignment in a given state.
All State Football
Associations are hereby advised to report to the National Integrity Officer any
appointed match official that fails to report to the State Football Association
Secretariat on arrival to a given state for his/her match. Such match
official(s) shall be referred to the NFF Ethics Committee for commencement of
proceedings upon receipt of the formal report.
Also, all Leagues are
hereby advised to present the list of approved hotels to be used by Match
Officials to the respective State Football Association as it is the duty of the
State Football Association to coordinate the accommodation of Match Officials
along with the League and not Football Clubs.
All Football Officials are
strongly advised to read up and acquaint themselves with the NFF Code of
Ethics, CAF Code of Ethics and FIFA Code of Ethics/Disciplinary Codes. They are
all available on their respective websites namely:(www.thenff.com; www.cafonline.com;
www.fifa.com)
All State Football
Associations are strongly advised to ensure that all football clubs domiciled
in their state are registered under the State Football Association wherein they
are domiciled.
Henceforth, no Official
shall be allowed to occupy dual position as a coach and also as an administrator
i.e as either a State Football Coach and member of State FA or as a Coach and
Chairman of a Football Club, hence those affected are advised to choose one on
or before 2nd May 2017.
All serving referees that
are occupying State Football Association positions either as Board Member,
Secretary of State FA or Chairman are to choose to remain with one of the two
Official duties on or before 2nd May 2017.
The Nigeria Football
Federation shall not hesitate to sanction any official that fails to comply
with the above directives.
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