The Acting Director of the National Institute for Sports (NIS), Dr. Jimmy Adeniyi, has expressed delight in the Nigeria Football Federation’s (NFF) Technical Director, Augustine Eguavoen, who is among the coaches registered with the institute recently for a management course. Eguavoen, a former international and coach of the Super Eagles, is among 143 students undergoing various coaching, management and marketing courses at the NIS in the 2021/2022 academic session. Eguavoen is currently in helping Super Eagles Assistant Coach, Joseph Yobo, in preparing home-based Eagles for an international friendly game against Mexico. “Eguavoen knows that the NIS is a world-class coaches and sports administrators training institute hence he has been receiving lectures from our seasoned lecturers. Adeniyi said Nigerian sports would be among the best in the world if former sportsmen and women would come for the right training at the NIS.

Source: The Guardian June 29, 2021 01:30 UTC