NFF declares support for women football, hails NWFL chairperson Nkechi Obi

NFF declares support for women football, hails NWFL chairperson Nkechi Obi

Hassan Abdulsalam 17:34 - 07.10.2023

The NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, said that a new era has started in Nigerian women's football and will flourish to its full potential.

The Nigeria Football Federations (NFF) have declared support and hailed the Nigeria Women Football League board led by Ms. Nkechi Obi.

The NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau, said that a new era has started in Nigerian women's football and will flourish to its full potential.

Gusau was represented by Ogun State FA chairman and NFF board member, Alhaji Ganiyu Majekodunmi, at the NWFL Annual General Assembly, who indicated that he is certain the new board is capable of advancing women's football in Nigeria to new heights.

He said, “We have seen it ourselves that the template the former board laid on is wonderful and much will be worked on it.

“As we have seen it, the federation did a wonderful job by putting the right person at the helm of the affairs and by the grace of God, we are going to see a new dawn in Nigeria women football."

Majekodunmi confirmed that the Federation has directed all state FAs to give more priority to Under age women football especially U-13, U-15 categories.

“The board have more than five or six committees even the one newly inaugurated today that will give them the template to further develop women football in Nigeria.

Nkechi Obi and her team members

“The Federation has directed that we give women U-13, U-15 more priority, all the state FA, the more you are setting male developmental programs, you must consider the women football also.

“The issue of cycling players around in the national team will be bygone, a new dawn is here and I have no doubt on that, I have one hundred percent that development will come to women football”, he concluded.

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