Nesiama Appointed Referee for 13th All-Africa Games Athletics

The former Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (rtd) has been appointed as Technical Official for the athletics events of the African Games scheduled to be held in Accra from March 18th to 22nd, 2024. 

Commodore Nesiama is among the highest graded Technical Officials in the continent having attained the enviable World Athletics Silver level status and thereafter appointed into the Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) Technical Officials Panel in 2017. 

Interestingly in 2021, he was nominated to train the Ghanaian Technical Officials in preparation for the African Games. 

Commodore Nesiama has proved his mettle as a Technical Official of repute at a couple of continental competitions which include the African U-18, U-20 and the Senior Athletics Championship at different times. 

Specifically, he was the Competition Director for the first ever Africa Youth Championships (U-18) held in 2013 in Warri, Nigeria. Nesiama is on record to be the first Nigerian to have passed the qualifying examination to be licensed as a World Athletics Athletes’ Representative when it was introduced in 2011. He is a World Atletics certified technical officials’ lecturer and has been a member of the CAA Technical and Competitions Commission since 2014. 

When asked how he felt about the appointment, Commodore Nesiama said he’s quite happy about the recognition and nomination by CAA. 

He promised to do his best to ensure his performance in the areas assigned would attract more accolades to the pride of Nigeria as his country. The former AFN Chief also believes it would inspire more athletic lovers to take up technical officiating.