Referees in the Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana would be undergoing training to improve their level of officiating of the game.

The two Regions have the least number of referees in the country with each having two and four respectively whilst the other regions have between 50 to 120 referees.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is tapping the expertise of Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) instructor Albert Pythias Agbovi to take the referees through a four-day sensitization seminar on 'Refereeing of Matches'.

The Seminar is organised by the GFA and has attracted over 1000 students from some selected second-cycle educational institutions drawn from the Upper East and Upper West Regions.

The participants were taken through the rules and regulations of handling matches and match fitness of referees.

Mr Agbovi said an examination would be conducted by the GFA for the participants in May next year on the regulations of refereeing of matches so that those who would pass would be made Class Three Referees.

He expressed concern that the Upper East and the Upper West Regions had no Premier club and attributed this mainly to lack of competent Referees and lack of proper organisation.

Mr Agbovi who is also the Chairman of the Referees Committee of GFA said he was optimistic that when the exercise is implemented, it would promote the growth of football in the two regions and the country as a whole.