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CAF Explains Why Some Award Categories Would Be Missing

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– All set for the Aiteo CAF awards in Accra Ghana.

– To this end, CAF has explained why certain categories would not feature in this year’s ceremony.

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CAF awards ceremony takes center stage today in Accra, Ghana

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has justified its decision to exclude some category of awards from this year’s scheduled awards.

The awards are scheduled to hold on Thursday (today) in Accra, Ghana.

However, addressing a press conference ahead of the main event, current CAF president, Ahmad Ahmad explained the reason behind their decision to exclude “African Player of the Year Based in Africa” and “Referee of The Year” awards from this year’s awards.

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“The best is always the best. We don’t have two bests.

“The players based in Africa are also capable of winning the award so there is no need to categorize them.”

On why the referee’s honour was scrapped, he said;

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“The best referees already have their awards by officiating at the biggest event in the continent and abroad. So they need no award again.

“Secondly, we don’t want to encourage corruption in the refereeing industry as we believe awarding them can breed corruption.”

With Victor Moses out of contention for the African player of the year award, Nigeria’s specific interests are anchored on Asisat Oshoala who is in the race for the Women African Player of the Year award, the Men’s National Team of the Year (where the Super Eagles are in contention) the Women’s National Team of the Year (featuring the Nigeria U20 girls).

Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, who is already in Ghana ahead of the awards ceremony is also in contention for the coach of the year award.