The Nigeria Volleyball Federation has secured the services of a volleyball coach through the help of the Japanese Olympic Committee to help in updating Nigerian coaches’ knowledge.
Adisa Beyioku, the Secretary-General of Nigeria Volleyball Federation, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja the coach was due to arrive in Nigeria on Saturday evening.
Beyioku said: “The coach is coming courtesy of a form of assistance to the NVBF and it is a programme courtesy of the Japanese Olympic Committee.
“It is to help in developing Nigerian volleyball overall, but basically in training our coaches over one week in Abuja.
“These coaches, whom we expect to be between 150 and 200 in number, will then go on to coach others across the country.”
The NVBF secretary-general said the coaches training programme was being supported by the Japanese government, which is taking care of the Japanese trainer’s expenses on accommodation, feeding and transportation.
Beyioku said: “We are indeed grateful to the Japanese for this assistance because it is something we cannot really quantify, being a sort of transfer of knowledge.
“Even if we are able to quantify it, it is something that is enormous in financial terms and we are very grateful for that.”
Beyioku said the NVBF would be expecting each volleyball association in the country’s 36 states and the FCT to send their Head Coach to the coaching seminar.
He said: “Also, all military and para-military bodies and organs who have volleyball teams, as well as tertiary institutions across the country, are being expected to send in their Head Coaches.
“They are expected to arrive in Abuja on Monday ahead of a pre-training meeting with the coach and NVBF officials.”
The NVBF secretary-general disclosed that the Japanese coach would meanwhile visit the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, on Monday morning.
“He will pay the Minister a courtesy visit, along with some NVBF officials,” Beyioku said.
NAN.
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