The Head Coach of Sudanese Premier League Club, Al-Ahli Wad Madani, Coach Aliyu Zubair has said that having sound coaches, especially from the grassroots, amounts to laying a solid foundation for the development of football, from ground up.
Speaking to the press at the end of the two-day Coaching Course organised by Offa Football Council in Offa, Offa Local Government Areas of Kwara State, Coach Zubair, who was the lead Instructor, equally identified sound coaching as the pillar behind the adequate and required growth of the game.
The theme of the seminar was “Coaching Methodology and Importance of Passing Drills”
The former Flying Eagles Coach, who supervised both the theory and practical sessions of the seminar alongside his assistant, Coach Lookman Ijaiya, commended the Chairman of Offa Football Council, Alhaji Azeez Ọmọlúàbí and his co-travellers, for providing the youth coaches with the basic requirements towards achieving greatness in coaching.
He charged the coaches to take advantage of the opportunity, and to also continue to build on the experiences already gained from the two-day lecture, which held at both Avalon Hotel and Federal Polytechnic, Offa mini-stadium.
Over 38 matches from Offa and it’s environs participated in the exercise, and were issues certificates after the lecture, with a charge to put all they have learnt into use.
While addressing the coaches, the Chairman of Offa Football Council, Alhaji Azeez Ọmọlúàbí commended the two lecturers, Coaches Aliyu Zubair and Lookman Ijaiya for updating the knowledge of the coaches, adding that the lecture has no doubt, changed their mentalities.
He announced the appointment of Coach Aliyu Zubair as the Patron of Offa Football Council, in appreciation of his efforts at supporting football development at the grassroots.
He commended MOK Foundation, Kwara PDP gubernatorial candidate, Engr. Sulaiman Bolakale Kawu, who has approved three NIS Coaching slots for the coaches, as well as Kwara South Senatorial candidate for the PDP, Hon. Saheed Popoola, for supporting the initiative.
Omoluabi said that the coaching seminar is the first of the many football development efforts to be staged by his Council, towards raising the standard of the game in Kwara State, adding that all other components, including refereeing, will be updated.
