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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will host to a 3-day Women’s Football Administrators workshop in Abuja, organised by the WAFU-B zone in collaboration with the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Scheduled for the Exclusive Serene Hotel and Suites in Wuye from the 26th – 28th April, the workshop will welcome chairpersons of Women Football Commissions and heads of departments of women’s football from the seven countries that make up the WAFU-B.
The seven countries are Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger Republic, Togo and Benin Republic.
President of NFF, Ibrahim Musa Gusau, who is also President of WAFU-B, is expected to declare the workshop open, and will be joined by WAFU-B Executive Director Philippe Tchere, CAF’s Head of Women Football Goshime Meskerem.
He will also be joined by WAFU-B Women Football Commission president, Amina Amani and WAFU-B Women Football Development Manager, Precious Dede.
Former Nigeria goalkeeper Dede, alongside Meskerem and CAF instructors Jules McGeever and Thuba Sibanda will serve as facilitators at the three-day workshop.
Day One will see presentations on the growth and evolution of women’s football in Africa, overview of women’s football globally, women’s football in the region: a look at regional challenges, achievements and plans and leadership scenarios.
On Day Two, there will be, among others, leveraging on strategic planning to harness holistic women’s football development objectives: lessons from Ghana FA, building winning clubs: case studies of Mamelodi Sundowns and ASEC Mimosas, ‘MA women’s football brand, and women’s football development framework.
Day Three will serve for ‘strategic planning: where do we want to go?, strategic planning: how do we get there?, framing our findings, and turning words into actions.