CAF coaching instructors’ course begins in Abuja

On Jul 7, 2023

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has flagged off a 10-day CAF Coaching instructors’ Course for 15 Nigerian coaches at the NFF/FIFA Goal Project, MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.

The President of NFF, Ibrahim Musa Gusau expressed a sense of fulfillment with the calibre of instructor sent by the Confederation of African Football to conduct the course.

The train-the-trainers programme has the approval of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which is sending Ethiopian official Abrham Mebratu, a CAF elite instructor and FIFA technical expert to conduct the course.

“CAF has sent us one of the very best in the field. I urge you to follow this very unique programme and the different modules with rapt attention, so that you can gain so much to pass onto other Nigerian coaches in subsequent courses,” NFF President Gusau said in a speech read on his behalf by the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi.

NFF’s Technical Director, Coach Augustine Eguavoen said carefully-selected group of 15 coaches will benefit from this pacesetting programme, and this will then form the vanguard of the determined drive by the NFF to improve the lot of Nigerian coaches.

“This programme is with an objective towards enhancing the capacity of Nigerian coaches. There are changes to methods, tactics and techniques almost every day, and our coaches must be aware of these changes and be able to implement them to make our teams and clubs better, and able to compete favourably internationally.

“I commend the efforts of the NFF leadership, particularly the President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau for the initiative and resilience in ensuring the course becomes a reality.”

Participants will be taken through practical and theoretical sessions over the 10-day course.