The Nigeria Football Federation will host a three-day CAF Women's Football Administrators workshop in Abuja from 26th to 28th April at the Exclusive Serene Hotel and Suites, Wuye. Organised by the WAFU-B zone in partnership with the Confederation of African Football, the event will bring together chairpersons of Women Football Commissions and heads of women's football departments from Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger Republic, Togo and Benin Republic. Nigeria Football Federation President Ibrahim Gusau, who also serves as WAFU-B President, is set to declare the workshop open. He will be joined by WAFU-B Executive Director Philippe Tchere, CAF Head of Women's Football Goshime Meskerem, WAFU-B Women Football Commission President Amina Amani and WAFU-B Women Football Development Manager Precious Dede. Former Super Falcons goalkeeper Precious Dede will serve as a facilitator alongside Meskerem and CAF instructors Jules McGeever and Thuba Sibanda. The workshop's agenda includes sessions on the growth of women's football in Africa, global overviews, regional challenges and achievements, leadership scenarios, strategic planning, and case studies of successful clubs like Mamelodi Sundowns and ASEC Mimosas. Final-day discussions will focus on strategic direction, action plans and translating ideas into implementation.
The presence of Precious Dede as a facilitator highlights a reliance on former players to lead administrative development, not a pipeline of new female football leaders. This workshop gathers officials from seven countries yet features no current player input or on-field programme evaluation. With Dede and Amina Amani among the few women in named leadership roles, the event underscores how far WAFU-B remains from gender balance in football governance.
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