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The Confederation of African football (CAF) has once again ignored Nigerian Referees from the list of officials at the forthcoming 2023 Africa cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, The BSNSports.com.ng reports.
This was confirmed after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) published a list of officials for the tournament on their website.
A total of 32 center referees, 33 assistant referees, and 2 VAR officials were listed by CAF for the preparation course ahead of the showpiece.
Egypt and Algeria have the highest number of names penned down in the centre referees list (three each) as Morocco, Mauritania, and Mauritius have two each; other countries featured on the list are Gabon, Ghana, Benin, Congo, Somalia, and a host of others.
Morocco, Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Algeria, Egypt and South Africa have two names each on the assistant referees list, with Comoros, Djibouti, Burkina Faso, Sao Tome and Principe featuring amongst other countries.
Four VAR referees are selected from Mauritius, South Africa, Morocco and Egypt. Seven technical instructors and physical trainers from Zimbabwe, Burundi, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal, Morocco and Djibouti were selected.
Three VAR Technicians and IT Support are selected solely from Egypt with Benin Republic and South Africa producing one CAF Referee committee member each.
