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Go and Produce More Players Nimrod Tasks New FIVB Certified Nigerian Coaches

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2 years ago

April 19, 2023

Joel Ajayi

The President of Nigeria Volleyball Federation NVF Engr. Musa Nimrod has charged all the newly Federation of International Volleyball federation certified coaches to go to the nook and cranny of the nation and produce more players in the country.

It will be recalled that 45 Nigerians coaches’ underwent 5-day FIVB training courses inside Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja Package B after 16 years of such courses in the country.

Speaking shortly after the training in Abuja, Engr. Nimrod tells the coaches that Nigerian wants to see the impact of the training soon.

According to him, I am a professional engineer. I don’t believe a certificate is the major thing, we can earn a certificate, but are you putting it in practice? It’s not just to get the certificate, it’s now left for them to go back and be producing players. I will not be happy with them if they fail to produce players.

“We want to see the impact of this certificate. That is why we selected them from premier league to division 1, division 2 and even the state sports council. This is the time to produce more athletes.

“I want Nigerians to understand that this level 1 course took place 16 years ago, that is why we try our best to bring the coaching course and it was massive, the number of coaches coming for the course shows that we are on the right track.

“It’s our desire to hold a level 2 training course in August that is our agreement between the international coach and FIVB.

On his own, the FIVB instructor coach Emmanuel Esayas from Ethopia lauded Nigerian coaches saying that FIVB desire is to boost their effort toward the growth of the game.

“I think most of the coaches in Nigeria are talented because they play volleyball and if you play volleyball it is not difficult for them to understand the training, they know rules, skills, they know everything.

“We came here just to boost them to some level. I am here because of volleyball, and I saw many good coaches so I need Nigerian people to support them.”

One of the participant’s coaches who is head coach of Offa Volleyball club Suleiman Ajaegbe said that training will go a long way to help the coaches in the country.

“I think everyone here is really fulfilled, this is a course that was held 16 years ago for the federation to bring it, and it’s a big thing in our life.

“This training will go a long way in helping us, we shall work on what we have learnt here for a better future of volleyball in the country.”

Like Oliva Twist, he however, asked federation not let it take longer period of time before bringing the course back to the Nigeria

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Nigeria Flag National Team heads for historic African Championship in Egypt

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9 hours ago

June 17, 2025

The Gleamer

….Unveils its competition apparel to the National Sports Commission

Joel Ajayi

The Nigerian American Football Association ( NAFA ) has unveiled its competition apparel to the National Sports Commission, NSC, as it gets set to depart for the inaugural IFAF Africa Flag Football continental Games in Egypt billed for the 20-21 of June 2025.

In a brief but significant ceremony, the President of NAFA, Babajide Akeredolu, unveiled the jerseys the team will be using in Egypt to the Director General of the NSC, Hon Bukola Olopade on Tuesday, as the DG charged the team to do the country proud and return with flying colours.

“On this trip to Egypt I wish you guys well and I am more encouraged that you guys are very confident that our women team will win Gold. I am also very fascinated that you are taking U13 to this tournament.It’s inline with the Commission’s renewed hope vision to also start building for the future”.

“I must also thank you and your team for the kind of aggressive publicity and glamour you are creating around flag football in Nigeria and I believe there is a realistic possibility of a synergy being created that will glue NAFA and Showtimes together in order to have a robust league round the country.If this can eventually happen and you guys come together, this Sport will take Nigeria by storm, I have no doubt”, he concluded.

President and founder of NAFA, Babajide Akeredolu explained the significance of the tournament and the readiness of the Nigerian team to make history in Egypt.

” Since flag Sports became an Olympic Sport, there was a strong push to have a continental games so that Africa is better represented on the global stage.All African countries then came together with interface with the global body and now we have our first African games”.

” We came here to unveil our jersey to the DG and tell him that we are fielding three teams for the competition- the main team which has been in camp for two months now, a female team and an U13 team”.

He added that ” We are quite optimistic and we believe that with the support and activities of many leagues in Nigeria like the Abuja Flag football league, the showtime, the Community flag football league and the Ogun flag football league, we have a lot of players that can give us a formidable National team”.

Nigeria is billed to compete alongside traditional Sporting countries like Morocco,Tunisia, South Africa, Senegal, Ghana Uganda and host country Egypt, when the tournament holds this weekend.

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