CAF names Togolese, Moroccan officials for Nigeria, Ghana games

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed match officials from Togo to take charge of the Eighth African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying match between the senior B teams of Ghana and Nigeria, scheduled for the Accra Sports Stadium, on December 22, 2024.

The engagement is the first leg of the qualifying fixture between both teams, with the second and concluding leg slated for the Akwa Ibom Stadium, Uyo, on December 28.

Aklesso Gnama will be in the role of referee, with compatriots Jonathan Ahonto Koffi, Wassiou Tchamolla Ourotou, and Kossi Fabrice Senyo as first assistant referee, second assistant referee, and fourth official respectively.

Ivan Gator Brown from Liberia will serve as commissioner, while Beninoise official Hugues Alain Adjovi will be in the role of referee assessor.
For the return leg in Uyo, Morocco’s Hamza El Fariq, Abdessamad Abertoune, Zakaria Bouchtaoui and Hicham Temsamani will work as centre referee, first assistant referee, second assistant referee and fourth official respectively, with Prince Kai Saquee from Sierra Leone as commissioner, and Miboti Moise, from the Democratic Republic of Congo as referee assessor.

The game in Accra will kickoff by 4.00 p.m. Ghana time (5.00 p.m in Nigeria), while the return leg will kick off at 5.00 p.m.

The winner on aggregate will qualify for the Eighth African Nations Championship finals, to be hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, which will use the event as dress rehearsal to test-run facilities and equipment for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations finals they have been selected to host.

Ghana stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the last edition of the CHAN by beating the home-based Eagles via penalties in the last qualifying round.
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