Abuja to Host CAF Women’s Football Administrators Workshop
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will this weekend welcome football leaders from across West Africa to Abuja for a three-day Women’s Football Administrators workshop.
The event, organized by the WAFU-B zone in collaboration with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is scheduled to run from April 26 to 28 at the Exclusive Serene Hotel and Suites in Wuye.
Delegates expected at the workshop include chairpersons of Women’s Football Commissions and heads of women’s football departments from Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger Republic, Togo, and Benin Republic.
The program aims to strengthen leadership, development strategies, and organizational structures for women’s football in the region.
NFF President and WAFU-B leader, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, will declare the workshop open. He will be joined by WAFU-B Executive Director Philippe Tchere, CAF’s Head of Women’s Football Goshime Meskerem, WAFU-B Women’s Football Commission President Amina Amani, and WAFU-B Women’s Football Development Manager Precious Dede.
Dede, a former Nigeria goalkeeper, will also serve as one of the facilitators alongside Meskerem and CAF instructors Jules McGeever and Thuba Sibanda. Over the three days, participants will engage in sessions covering the growth of women’s football in Africa, global perspectives, regional challenges, leadership, strategic planning, branding, and case studies of successful clubs such as Mamelodi Sundowns and ASEC Mimosas.
The final day will focus on charting a clear roadmap for women’s football development in the WAFU-B zone, with discussions centered on strategic planning and turning ideas into actionable steps.
