Special Assistant to the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces on Grassroots Sports Development, Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye, as well as Brigadier-General Stanley Eze and retired AIG Wilson Inalegwu are among the participants at a five-day workshop on safety and security at football stadia that began in the Federal Capital, Abuja on Tuesday.
The workshop, which is at the instance of the Safety and Security Department of the Confederation of African Football, has the objectives of promoting safe stadium culture during international matches on the African continent and ensuring that all officials of CAF’s Member Associations responsible for the delivery of safety and security at match venues in Africa have the proper training to function effectively.
The sessions were presided over by Zakarihya Diabate of the CAF Safety and Security Department, with the support of Ugandan Humphrey Mandu Wantenga and Nigerian CAF security officers, Okey Obi, Barnabas Joro, Queen Otarakpo and Joan Efugh.
Apart from the chairman and members of the NFF Security Committee, representatives have also come from all the 20 Clubs in the Nigeria Premier Football League.
Chairman of the NFF Security Committee and Member of the NFF Executive Committee, Alhaji Babagana Kalli, thanked the participants for taking the time to grace the workshop.
He said, “The knowledge and expertise you are going to gain here will drive us towards excellence in security and safety of lives and properties at match venues.”
He also thanked the CAF and the NFF for their tireless efforts in promoting safe stadia across the continent.
NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, who stood in for the President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau praised CAF for organising the workshop in Nigeria and charged participants to internalize everything they were being taught over the period of the workshop.
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