₦airaland Forum

The Giant of Africa Could not Secure a spot for it referees in the ongoing AFCON 2019 being Hosted in Egypt.

Host Country was able to secure 4 slot for it Referees, 2 referees and 2 Assistant Referee.

According to statement from CAF, Tunisia tops the list of referees with three officials; Sadok Selmi, Youssef Essrayri and Guirat Haythem, followed by Morocco with two referees Redouane Jiyed and Noureddine El Jaafari, with Senegal also having two names in the list; Maquette Ndiaye and Issa SY.
Host nation Egypt also had two referees in the list; Amin Mohamed Omar and Ibrahim Nour El Din.

The 24 nations tournament that would be hosted in four cities in six venues would have a referee each from Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, RD Congo, Rwanda, Seychelles, Zambia and south Africa.

In the assistant referee category, host nation Egypt top the list with three, followed by Algeria, Cameroon, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia with two each as Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, RD Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda all have a representative each.

Neighbouring Country Ghana also absent on the list.

What could be the Cause?

Take a look at our Nigerian premier league officiating and you'll know why.

thesicilian:
Take a look at our Nigerian premier league officiating and you'll know why.

You mean not a Single referee can stand out?

What do you expect from a country like this?

Goterry0123:
You mean not a Single referee can stand out?

I watch our npl once in a while and so far I haven't seen any referee that stands out.

Most Nigerians do not realize that outside Nigeria, the country is viewed as a wasteland. The most prohibitive factor is abundance of crude oil yet the country is a backwater.