Sports

NIS/ LSFA Coaches Training Attracts Dutch Embassy Interest

Published

2 years ago

February 22, 2025

The training of coaches in Lagos State organized by the National Institute for Sports Lagos in collaboration with the Lagos State Football Association has attracted the interest of the Dutch Embassy with two coaches to be shortlisted for further training in Holland.

Speaking during the opening ceremony of the 4th batch of grassroot coaches on 22 February ,2025 at the National Institute for Sports Lagos Sir Dr.Awoture ELEYAE Conference Hall,Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association Hajji Gafar Liameed said ” The sucess of the programme is attracting interests from across the country with Osun, Ogun, Ekiti, Delta, Katsina state Governments indicating interest.

” Very soon the Commissioner for Sports in Katsina State will soon visit the Director-General of the Institute to discuss how to train their coaches. I must thank the Director-General Professor Olawale Moronkola for being a shining light for Football and sports development generally . We shall continue to collaborate to ensure that the light which God has created you to be continue to shine”

To underscore the importance of the training, the Chairman said the Dutch Embassy has indicated interest in further training of two coaches in the Netherlands by bankrolling all the expenses.

” This programme has opened up new opportunities for further training of two coaches in Holland.

Addressing the trainees,he urged them all to make the best use of the training so that they can make good impact in Lagos state FA Football development efforts”
While delivering the lead paper titled: “Traits of a succeful Coach,” Professor Moronkola said a successful coach should build good team and not only good players to succeed.

He enumerated traits of a successful coach as ; focused, persistent, strong ethical values,result oriented, a learner of new things, current knowledge about tactics, rules and regulations.

He must also be a good and effective communicator, listener , role model,mentor and manager.

The training is targeted at grassroot football coaches in Lagos State to upscale their knowledge in modern Football coaching techniques.

Some of the resource persons include former Super Eagles Assitant coach Fatai Amoo, Nduka Ugbade, Jeremiah Kuhwa and James Adesina will be tutoring the coaches over 4- week training.

The Institute has approved that the special training course will qualify special coaches for the basic certificate course in the insitute.

Share on Facebook

Sports

Montage Community Football Tourney Registration Ends October 30

Published

1 day ago

October 22, 2026

The Gleamer

Cyril Ogar

Registration for the 2026 edition of the Montage Community Football Tournament will close on Friday, October 30, organisers have announced.

The tournament coordinator, Mr Raphael Ekpang, disclosed this on Thursday, urging interested teams across the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to take advantage of the remaining days to register.

Ekpang said registration had been ongoing since Monday, encouraging eligible teams to complete the process before the deadline.

The tournament, themed “Montage FM 99.7: Empowering Youth, Uniting Communities Through Football,” is scheduled to kick off on November 3, 2026, with playoffs across the six Area Councils of the FCT.

The grand finale will hold on December 5, 2026, at the Old Parade Ground, Garki Area 10, Abuja, where the top four teams will compete for first-, second- and third-place honours.

A total of 48 teams will participate in the competition, with eight teams representing each of the six Area Councils.

The participating teams will compete for cash prizes worth over ₦2 million and other valuable rewards.

Share on Facebook