Nigeria vs Ghana: FIFA makes 'minor' changes to match officials

 Ahead of the crucial 2022 World Cup Qualifier, WCQ, between Nigeria and Ghana, the world football governing body, FIFA, has made some minor changes in the list of match officials.

Nigeria's Super Eagles take on their counterparts from Ghana, the Black Stars, in an all-important double-header that will see either team take one of five slots to represent Africa at the FIFA World Cup later this year in Qatar.

The first leg of that tie is slated to take place in Cape Coast on Friday, 25 March, with the second leg set for Nigeria's capital, Abuja, four days later, on Tuesday, 29 March.

 In a fresh appointment sheet made available to Pulse Sports Nigeria via the Nigeria Football Federation, Moroccans Rédouane Jiyed (referee), Lahsen Azgaou (assistant referee 1), Mostafa Akarkad (assistant referee 2) and Samir Guezzaz (fourth official) are retained for the first leg encounter in Cape Coast.

However, Mandu Humphrey of Uganda will now replace South African David Junse Van Vuuren as the security officer for the tie.

 Bernie Raymond Blom from the Netherlands will be the VAR official, to be assisted by compatriot Rob Dieperink, while Athanse Nkubito from Rwanda will be the referee assessor for the day.

Gregorio Badupa of Guinea-Bissau will serve as match commissioner, with South Sudan's Victor Lawrence Lual set to be the general coordinator.

 For the return leg in Abuja, FIFA has replaced former FIFA referee Essam Abdelfattah Abdelhamid, who would have been the referee assessor. He has now been replaced by Senegal's Badara Diatta, a former FIFA referee.

Sadok Selmi (Tunisian; referee); Khalil Hassani (Tunisia; assistant referee 1); Attia Amsaaed (Libyan; assistant referee 2) and Haythem Guirat (Tunisian; fourth official) are retained, as well as Frenchmen Jérôme Brisard (VAR) and Willy Louis Delajod (assistant VAR); Prince Kai Saquee (Sierra Leonean; match commissioner) and Kabelo Bosilong (South African; general coordinator).