The Nigeria Football Federation is gearing up for extensive train-the-trainers programmes as all arrangements have been concluded for a CAF B-License refresher course set to take place 20th – 24th June, 2026, and a six-module CAF A-License course that will span seven months, between 2nd August, 2026 to 7th February, 2027.
“This is part of the NFF’s strategic effort to build the capacity of coaches across the country,” stated NFF Technical Director, Coach Augustine Eguavoen. It will be recalled that Nigeria was recently admitted back into the CAF A-License convention after nine years of being out of the pool.
An interested participant must be an active coach at the elite level (National Teams, NPFL, NNL, NWFL and NLO), possess a CAF B diploma, must be able to read and write in the English language, have access to a laptop/tablet for the duration of the programme, must be computer-literate, possess a medical certificate demonstrating physical and mental fitness to participate, and must submit curriculum vitae and reference letter.
A CAF CMS link will be provided to twenty-five (25) candidates upon successful completion of the pre-assessment tests and CAF B Refresher course to start the process for the CAF A-License course.
For the CAF A-License course, Nigerian coaches will pay the sum of N3,000,000 while foreign applicants will dole out the sum of $3,000 each.
For the CAF B Refresher course, Nigerian coaches are to pay the sum of N700,000 each. Application deadline for the CAF A-License course is Sunday, 31st May, 2026 while CAF B Refresher and CAF A pre-course assessment will be conducted virtually and in-person between 1st – 23rd June, 2026.
CAF B Refresher and CAF A-License pre-course assessment will be used to test applicants’ game analysis, reading/writing, presentation and computer skills into the CAF A-License course, which will have only 25 candidates.
