FG set to establish national female amputee football team

The Nigeria Amputee Federation mentioned the plan was to restructure the amputee crew as an entire in order to embrace all of the states of the federation.

The technical director of the Nigeria Amputee Federation, Victor Nwenwe, has mentioned that the federation plans to arrange a nationwide feminine amputee soccer crew.

Nwenwe knowledgeable Nigeriasoccernet.com that the plan was to develop the game and appeal to the curiosity of amputees on the grassroots.

“Very first thing on our thoughts is to restructure the amputee crew typically whereby it’ll embrace all of the states of the federation.

“Many of the African nations have their feminine groups, so we need to begin to develop the amputee feminine crew in Nigeria, we can be trying extra into grassroots growth,” he mentioned.

The technical director acknowledged that getting the required gamers wouldn’t be simple.

“Amputee soccer shouldn’t be the game which you could simply decide the gamers. We’ll begin with creating the attention, which should begin from the grassroots.

“This may assist us deliver in additional gamers, and we’ll begin to educate them the fundamentals of the sport,” he added.

Nwenwe mentioned the federation had been inspired by the gamers’ dedication and would work on their coordination and utilizing crutches to regulate and kick the ball.

Additionally, the top coach, Gbenga Dosumu, mentioned the newly elected officers had made plans to kick-start the time period with the regionals competitors within the north zone.

He disclosed that Kano State had indicated curiosity in internet hosting the competitors.

He mentioned the federation was working relentlessly to make sure this growth can be doable.