CAF Gives NFF go-ahead On Coaching Course

The Confederation of African Football has given the Nigeria Football Federation the go-ahead to conduct the CAF License ‘C’ coaching seminar starting on Monday, 26th September.

FIFA Technical Advisor and NFF’s Technical Consultant, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde disclosed this after a CAF Technical Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt on Friday.

The CAF License ‘C’ coaching seminar, which will last for 14 days, will take place at the FIFA Technical Centre, Package B of the National Stadium, Abuja and will precede the License ‘B’ course which will take place in a few weeks’ time.

CAF has stipulated that any Head Coach who would sit on the bench during the 2012 African Cup of Nations finals, taking place in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon in January/February, must hold the minimum of a ‘B’ License.

NFF’s Technical Director, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme confirmed at the weekend that the License ‘C’ programme will be for an aggregate of 120 hours, and will involve 80 coaches from across the length and breadth of the federation.

Forty per cent of the programme will be for theory, and the remaining 60 per cent for practicals. The last three days of the seminar will be for revision and examinations.

Chief Onigbinde, a two-time Head Coach of the Senior National Team, will be the lead instructor, with Coaches Paul Hamilton, Kashimawo Laloko, James Peters and Amodu Shuaibu also to be involved.

Former FIFA referee Linus Mba, medical expert Dr. Akin Amao and former NFF General Secretary and CAF instructor Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba will also teach the trainers, alongside NFF Technical Director Emmanuel Ikpeme.