Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Ibrahim Gusau, has revealed that the body is planning to organise a CAF A Licence coaching course soon, alongside a CAF B Licence programme for women coaches scheduled for next year, www.aclsports.com reports.
Gusau disclosed this on Monday during a meeting with the Director General of the National Institute for Sports, Philip Shaibu.
Shaibu, former Deputy Governor of Edo State, paid a visit to the NFF secretariat to explore possible collaboration on the commission’s two-year plan aimed at addressing Nigeria’s estimated two-million coaching deficit in sports.
“You may be aware that this NFF administration, since inception, has taken the issue of improving our coaches to heart,” said Gusau in the statement from the NFF media department.
”We have organised some coaching courses, including a specific CAF C Licence course for 30 women coaches, who will return for their B Licence programme next year. We are also working hard to secure CAF’s approval to stage a CAF A Licence course very soon,” Gusau concluded.
Last year, the NFF held a four-month CAF B Licence coaching course for about 25 coaches, as well as a D-coaching licence course.
Meanwhile, in 2024, the NFF also ran a CAF C Licence programme exclusively for women—the first of its kind in the country. The course attracted 30 female coaches from across Nigeria. The three-module programme was held between July and September 2024.
