DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies weeks after removal from World Cup officiating list Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, weeks after FIFA removed him from its list of officials for the World Cup. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) confirmed his death in a statement, saying it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was arrested in April by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom following a report of an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage boy in London. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers responded on April 9 to a report of sexual assault at an address in Croydon and arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of the offence. Police later said that after reviewing available evidence, including CCTV footage and digital devices, the investigation had concluded that “the evidential threshold had not been met” and no further action would be taken. Following the investigation, FIFA co...
The Minister of Information and Culture,Alhaji Lai Mohammed,has said the Federal Government will soon adopt a policy to give the right of first refusal to indigenous consultants in its projects.The Minister disclosed this in Abuja on Friday when he received the Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria {PR-CAN} on a courtesy visit to his office.He said even when a foreign consultant is coming into the country,the company must involve indigenous consultants.''I remember that at the last Federal Executive Council Meeting,it was hotly debated that in all forms of consultancy we should as a matter of policy insist that no consultant should come without his own Nigerian partner.That way we believe that it will make it easier for us to develop the capacity,skills and the expertise of our home-grown consultants.When you involve your own consultants in your projects,you are not just taking expert advice,you are also employing people who have already bought into the project and who appreciate the fact that the success of that project is the success of the country.We believe in skills and technology transfer but if yoy don't give your people a chance,who is going to give them a chance? People argue that the Nigerian consultants don't have the requisite experience.Even if that is the case,how will they get it if you continue every time to shun them and you prefer foreign consultants? These fore consultants got to where they got to because they were given the opportunity from their country,'' the Minister said.He said once the policy is active,government ministries and agencies will begin to involve consultants like PR-CAN in their programmes.
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