The World Rugby educators have arrived in Nigeria for a five-day technical capacity-building programme aimed at strengthening coaching and officiating structures in the country.
The programme, organised by the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF), is scheduled to hold from Sept. 9 to Sept. 13 in Abuja.
According to the statement by the federation’s Media Officer, Tolu Oguntimehin, the programme will feature Level 1 and Level 2 Coaching, Level 1 and Level 2 Match Officiating, First Aid in Rugby, Intensive Care in Rugby (ICIR) and Safeguarding Essentials.
It explained that assessments will also be conducted for Level 2 Match Officiating and World Rugby Educators and that the programme will include quality assurance assessments for Nigerian educators Wuraola Hussain and Olatubosun Johnson.
It added that Mohammed Salisu is expected to complete his Match Officiating Educator course assessment and that Dr. Fikunola Orafidiya had successfully completed his quality assurance assessment and had his World Rugby Educator licence renewed.
The NRFF urged the coaches’ associations, the Referees Society and other technical personnel to mobilise their members to participate in the programme.
The federation said that the exercise would provide an opportunity to strengthen Nigeria’s coaching and officiating structures and develop a more qualified technical workforce, while describing the visit as the final planned World Rugby visit under the current development programme.
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