The Development Manager of Badminton Confederation Africa, Ahmed Reda has revealed the uniqueness of Nigeria in the field of sports.
Reda, the Badminton officer from the African body, taught 13 Nigerian coaches badminton level one coaching course in Abuja where the coaches ended up by writiing an examination praised the efforts of Badminton Federation of Nigeria ( BFN) leadership for their commitment to the fortunes of the sport in Nigeria.
“I want to thank the leadership of Badminton Federation of Nigeria for their commitment in the development of the sport in Nigeria and Africa,” Reda told www.totorinews.com in Abuja.
“What I can see is that Nigeria has a lot of potential and what they need to do, is to keep working hard and then, we can see Nigeria at a very high level of badminton.
Speaking further, he said that the week-long capacity- building programme is very important for Nigerian coaches and he is glad with the keen interest the coaches demonstrated to learn.
“Badminton level one coaching course is very important stage for African coaches to develop their skills, knowledge and the fundamentals about badminton.
“The Nigerian coaches are very lucky because with the suport of the Federation, we managed to do this course. We went through one week of tough knowledge exercise and I can see that the Nigerian coaches did very well all through the week.
“The coaches completed lots of practical tasks, theorical tasks, continuous tasks and to finish all the tasks given to them.
“Nigeria has been very good in badminton, well developed in badminton and we want to push Nigeria further to the higher level. We are confident about the Nigerian skills and the Federation to continue to do better.
“We have Mariam Bolaji, a bronze medalist at the 2024 Paralympics and we are looking for the next one in 2028 to produce gold medalist for Africa,” he concluded.
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