Eguavoen, Amoo, Others For NIS, Lagos FA Coaches Training

Galaxy of former Super Eagles players turned coaches have been lined up as resource persons for the Lagos FA, National Institute for Sports (NIS) coaches certification training billed to commence at the NIS Lagos on September 14th,  2024.

According to a press statement, the  technical director of  the NFF Austin Eguavoen, former Flying Eagles coach, Fatai Amoo; UEFA licensed coach, Clement Temile and Ex Eagles midfield  maestro, Peter Nieketen will serve as resource  persons  for the training  which is expecting to be conducted in batches for a three -months period.

Chairman of Lagos Football  Association Alhaji Gafar Liameed said the training  is compulsory  for all Lagos- based coaches who wish to continue to coach in the state.

“We are making this training compulsory  for  all coaches in order to raise the bar of coaching not only in Lagos, but the country as a whole. We decided to collaborate with the National Institute for Sports to upscale our coaches and  to ensure overall development of football in Nigeria.”

He assured that the vision is to train at least 2,000 coaches for the next two years. “We have specially designed this program to accommodate all coaches whether  they are lettered or not. The training will be conducted every Saturday  to enable us to train about   2,000 coaches in the first instance.

Thereafter, NIS certification  will be compulsory  for all coaches in Lagos.”

Director -General of the National Institute for Sports, Professor Olawale Moronkola, said this training  is in tandem with  modern day  football technique which require  regular upscaling.