CAF ‘B’ Licence course ends in Abuja

The further CAF ‘B’ Licence Coaching Course organised by the Nigeria Football Federation came to a close at the FIFA Technical Centre, Abuja on Thursday.
About 80 Nigerian coaches participated in the 10-day programme.
Ghanaian expert, Ben Koufie, was the assessor at the course, which also has Nigerian heavyweights, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, Dr. Kashimawo Laloko and James Peters, as coordinators.
Declaring the event closed on Thursday, the NFF President, Aminu Maigari, noted: “At the 68th Annual General Assembly of the NFF that took place in Port Harcourt exactly a week ago, the General Secretary regaled the Congress with details of the lofty performances of our National Teams in their various international competitions and qualifying campaigns….
“These feats could not have been possible without good coaching.
“It is safe to say that the tireless efforts of the NFF at improving our coaches has helped greatly in making better professionals and better men and women leaders of our National Teams.
“It is my belief that this further CAF ‘B’ course has further enriched our coaches, with the positive impact that this will definitely have on the performances of our National Teams at various international championships in the coming year.”
Maigari’s address was delivered by a member of the Executive Committee of the NFF, Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf Fresh, as the NFF President was in Ghana for the 2012 Glo-Caf African Football Awards.
In his remarks, the NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, congratulated the participants, noting that “the commitment of the NFF to regular FIFA and CAF courses for our various professionals on the field derives from the vision of this administration to constantly encourage indigenous experts on the field of play.
“If you check our records, you will discover that this is the first NFF administration to entrust all our National Teams in the hands of indigenous coaches.
“While we strive as a Federation, with limited resources, to keep holding these coaching courses and seminars, it is important that the coaches themselves continually show a desire to keep abreast of the trend at home and internationally.
“Another point that must be stressed here is the need for our coaches to imbibe the present administration’s vision of zero-tolerance for age cheating.
“We are determined, as can be seen in the new age-grade teams, that we present for international competitions, that the era of win-at-all-cost is over.
“The age-grade competitions, it need not be emphasised, are developmental in nature and essence.
“At the end of the day, those who cheat not only harm themselves, they are not guaranteed victory.
“Our much younger and leaner U-17 boys trounced the ‘matured’ U-17 team of Mali to qualify for the 2013 African U-17 Championship holding in Morocco.”
African Cup of Nations winner in 1980, Henry Nwosu, and 1994 winners, Benedict Iroha and Alloy Agu, were among the participants.