NLO signs MOU with Berackiah Football Coaching Clinic

The Nigeria Nationwide League One has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a football coaching clinic
organisation, Berackiah/ABIGOL Grassroots Coaching Clinic to help develop the
skills of its league coaches which in turn will assure the broad development of
the game as well as the talents spread across the nation.

Present at the occasion which held at the
NFF Secretariat in Abuja were NFF President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, who was
represented by the Chairman, NFF Technical and Development Committee, Alhaji
Ahmed Yusuf Fresh; Chairman, Nationwide League One, Alhaji Mohammed Alkali; NFF
General Secretary Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, President, Nigeria Coaches Association,
Coach Isah Ladan Bosso; NFF Technical Director and former Nigeria captain,
Austin Eguavoen; Chief Operating Officer of the NLO, Shola Ogunnowo;
Representatives of Berackiah Football Coaching Clinic; Representatives of
Association of Local Government of Nigeria and; Representatives of Foreign
Technical partners, ABIGOL.

In the full glare of the Nigeria Football
Federation which approved the clinic, all parties involved put pen to paper to
activate the project which is expected to kickoff from the 25th January through
to the 31st of March 2021 across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria.

Speaking at the event, General Secretary of
the NFF, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi stated that the development is a welcome idea,
which prompted the Executive Committee of the NFF to approve the clinic even as
he charged the organisers to ensure best practices are maintained during the
exercise.

“We have so many clubs in the Nationwide
League One whose coaches need to be trained and retrained from time to time and
this will go a long way to help us. The NFF, which is charged to monitor,
direct and organise the affairs of football in the country, met at the board
level and consented to this agreement. We however charge the organisers to
ensure due process is followed and avoid anything unethical during the
exercise,” the foremost football administrator stated.

Sanusi further charged the organisers to be
diligent whilst warning that they avoid cutting corners which may force the NFF
to cancel the entire exercise.

Earlier, Chief Executive Officer of
Berackiah Football Coaching Clinic, Wonders Nwigwe, thanked the NFF for its
support and promised that the organisation will do its best with the help of
its technical partners and all involved to have a successful coaching
clinic.The clinic is expected to have eminent football coaches such as former
Super Eagles Coaches and CAF Instructors, High Chief  Adegboye Onigbinde,  Coach Kashimawo Laloko, Coach Franko
Granangali, Sansiano Daniale and Matthew Olorunleke from Italy, as instructors
during the event.