The Nigeria Football Federation will be fully integrated
into the FIFA Connect system by the end of this year, the
country’s football –governing body has announced.
FIFA
Connect is the
centralized portal for the registration of football players and other
stakeholders. Once fully integrated, it means that registration of all players
and other stakeholders in Nigerian Football will be done by the NFF.
“Players
from the age of 10, in schools, football academies, amateur and professionals
are all eligible to be registered by the NFF. The platform will accommodate
football referees and coaches as well and thus, we will have a data base of
these football officials,” Nasiru Jibril, NFF’s Club Licensing Officer said.
Jibril, who
is a former Nigerian international, explained further: “Registration is not
limited to players in established Clubs only, as players in schools (Primary
and Secondary Schools) can all be registered by their schools and grassroots
Clubs on the FIFA Connect.
“State
Football Associations and Regional bodies will be fully involved in the
registration exercise since all Clubs and other Football Stakeholders are
domiciled in their areas of operation. This way, we can keep track of players
and officials’ history and progression, no matter where they go, thus
eliminating age falsification.”
Last year,
NFF 2nd Vice President/LMC chairman Shehu Dikko, LMC COO Salihu
Abubakar, Jibril and NFF’s Legal Officer Okey Obi attended a workshop at the
Home of FIFA in Zurich, moderated by the Head of the FIFA TMS Compliance.
Nigeria has also paid for the DTMS tool that works, facilitates and simplifies
the process of players’ registration and record –keeping. A seminar on the
Domestic Transfer Matching System has taken place in Abuja involving all the
relevant officials and moderated by FIFA officers.
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