Abuja To Host 3-day CAF Women’s Football Administrators Workshop

The Nigeria Football Federation will, from this weekend, host a three-day Women’s Football Administrators workshop in the Federal Capital, Abuja, organised by the WAFU-B zone in collaboration with the Confederation of African Football.

Scheduled for the Exclusive Serene Hotel and Suites, Wuye, 26th – 28th April, the workshop will welcome chairpersons of Women Football Commissions and heads of departments of women’s football from the seven countries that make up the WAFU-B, viz Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger Republic, Togo and Benin Republic.

President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, who is also President of WAFU-B, is expected to declare the workshop open, and will be joined by WAFU-B Executive Director Philippe Tchere, CAF’s Head of Women Football Goshime Meskerem, WAFU-B Women Football Commission president Amina Amani, and WAFU-B Women Football Development Manager Precious Dede.

Former Nigerian goalkeeper Dede, alongside Meskerem and CAF instructors Jules McGeever and Thuba Sibanda, will serve as facilitators at the three-day workshop.

Day One will see presentations on ‘the growth and evolution of women’s football in Africa,’ ‘overview of women’s football globally,’ ‘women’s football in the region: a look at regional challenges, achievements and plans,’ and ‘leadership scenarios.’

On Day Two, there will be, among others, ‘leveraging on strategic planning to harness holistic women’s football development objectives: lessons from Ghana FA,’ ‘building winning clubs: case studies of Mamelodi Sundowns and ASEC Mimosas,’ ‘MA women’s football brand,’ and ‘women’s football development framework.’

Day Three will serve for ‘strategic planning: where do we want to go?’ ‘strategic planning: how do we get there?’ ‘framing our findings,’ and ‘turning words into actions.’