The days of Nigerian players falsifying their ages to get
into any of the age grade National Teams or for any other purpose for that
matter appear numbered, as the Nigeria Football Federation has concluded
arrangements to get a Registration System through the FIFA connect.
At a workshop related to Nigeria becoming the first Member
Association in Africa to fully implement the FIFA TMS Domestic Transfer
Matching System (DTMS) at the Home of FIFA on Monday, and moderated by
Vira Egli (Head Marketing, FIFA TMS), NFF 2nd Vice
President/LMC Chairman, Shehu Dikko was in company with LMC’s Chief Operating
Officer Salihu Abubakar, NFF’s Assistant Director (Legal) Okey Obi and NFF’s
TMS manager Nasiru Jibril.
Jibril, a former Nigerian international, also disclosed that
Nigeria has now paid for the very important IRT tool that will make possible a
lot of things.
"This means that we are now going to be able to register all
Nigerian players, wherever they may be, amateurs or professionals, from the age
of 10. That way, we can keep track of their history, of their
progression, no matter where they go, thus eliminating age falsification."
Some weeks ago, FIFA announced that the NFF is the first
Member Association in Africa to implement the FIFA TMS Domestic Matching
System. The DTMS online platform, which includes league access, will allow the
NFF and the Nigeria Professional Football League to manage its international
and domestic transfers via one system. It is modeled on the International
Transfer Matching System (ITMS), which is provided to 211 MAs and 6,500 clubs
around the world for the cross-border transfer of players.
The system will provide the NFF and its clubs throughout
Nigeria the ability to manage national and international transfers on one
platform, generate transfer activity reports and have greater monitoring levels
to enhance transparency and governance.
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