The President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), IBRAHIM MUSA GUSAU has charged Nigerian referees to make conscious, deliberate efforts to change the running narratives of sheer incompetence, flagrant disregard of the rules by some and blatant roguery by a few.

He said this can be achieved by saying the truth to themselves and resolving to uphold their professional tenets while committing to decent conduct.

Speaking in Abuja as 30 different referees were decorated with their FIFA badges to represent Nigeria this year, GUSAU reiterated that a big sore point with the NFF and the Nigeria Football fraternity was the absence of any Nigerian referee of any cadre at the 30-day event.

The NFF President also disclosed that the Federation has opted to come up with stiffer sanctions for erring referees.