Beninoise officials have arrived Nigeria ahead of Saturday’s 2022 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying between the Flamingos and Democratic Republic of Congo.
The centre referee Laurande Offin Kayode who was appointed by the Confederation of African Football to officiate the game arrived alongside her compatriots Nafissatou Yekini Shitou (assistant referee 1), Djaria Bio Yacoubou (assistant referee 2) and Aurore Christelle Ligan (fourth official).
The match commissioner, Christine Ziga from Ghana has also arrived Benin City.
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The Flamingos are already in Benin ahead of the crucial game having won the first leg by 3-0 in Kinshasa.
Bankole Olowookore is optimistic his lads would complete the work at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium.
The winner on aggregate after Saturday’s encounter will earn a place in the third round of the series, where the U17 girls of Egypt await, in the month of April.
The final round of the qualifiers will be in May.
This year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals, the seventh edition since it was launched in New Zealand in 2008, will take place in India, 11th – 30th October.
Nigeria have missed only one edition of the tournament (the 2018 finals in Uruguay) but participated in the 2008, 2010 (Trinidad & Tobago), 2012 (Azerbaijan), 2014 (Costa Rica) and 2016 (Jordan) championships.
The 2020 finals, scheduled for India, were annulled by the global coronavirus pandemic.