Football
NFF’s Head of Women Football, Ruth
David, has expressed her delight at the turnout of eminent persons in Nigeria
football and the quality of presentations at the second module of the FIFA
Female Leadership Development Programme seminar in Abuja on Tuesday.
“I’m really very happy at the fact that
the resource persons not only honoured our invitation but also did extensive
research to make for quality presentations. The NFF leadership were there in
full force to underscore their total support for the programme,” David said.
The FLDP is part of FIFA’s portfolio of
women’s football development programmes for the period 2015-2018. Launched in
2015 to ensure that there are female role models and women at decision –making
levels in football, the FLDP aims to identify, support and develop strong
female leaders in sport, while advocating for women to access senior decision
–making positions globally.
David is among 35 women football
administrators worldwide selected for the FLDP, and has attended two modules at
the Home of FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland.
NFF President Amaju Pinnick was on hand
to declare the seminar open, with some words of challenge to women football
players, while NFF 2nd Vice President/LMC Chairman Shehu Dikko, who chaired the
technical session during the first seminar in August, repeated the role with
grace and candour.
At the first seminar, FIFA’s Head of
Professional Football, Mr. James Johnson delivered a paper on ‘The Concept of
FIFA Female Leadership Development Programme,’ while David herself spoke on
‘Reasons for the FIFA Female Leadership Development Programme’. Professor (Mrs)
Funke Suleiman, of the Department of Physical and Health Education, Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria spoke on ‘Education As a Tool For Enhancing the Career
of Female Football Players in Nigeria,’ while Chief (Mrs) Dilichukwu Onyedinma,
a former Member of the NFF Executive Committee and currently Director of
Sports, Federal Capital Territory, delivered a paper on ‘Education for
Character Moulding Among Female Football Players in Nigeria.’
On Tuesday, former NFF Board Member and
now ranking Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ayo Omidiran, Director
of Federations and Elite Athletes department of the Federal Ministry of Youth
and Sports, Mrs Hauwa Kulu-Akinyemi and CAF Match Commissioner Aisha Falode
challenged Nigeria women football players to take education as serious as they
take the game of football.
Omidiran spoke on ‘Education and Self
Confidence among Female Football Players in Nigeria’ while Kulu-Akinyemi dwelt
on ‘Job Opportunities Open to Educated Sports Women’ and Falode talked on the
possibility of combining football with formal education. Ukaigwe, a former
Coordinator of the U17 Women National Team and the Super Falcons, related her
experience as a team official.
NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed
Sanusi; Chairman of the Benue State Football Association, Rt. Hon. Margaret
Icheen and Chief Onyedinma were among eminent persons in the auditorium. Apart
from the players of the Super Falcons and the Falconets, there were also
players of NWFL clubs Nasarawa Amazons, Capital City Doves and State House
Queens, as well as secondary school girls from within the FCT.
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