The Taraba State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and Ministry of Education in partnership with a nongovernmental organization, Community Sport and Educational Development Initiative, CSEDI, has trained 34 women coaches to encourage netball playing in the State.
The initiative tagged ‘Project 2027’ is aimed at promoting the right of Nigerian girls to play netball in the country, and is targeting one million Nigerian school girls’ players by the end of 2027.
Speaking during the training, Dr. Grace Ataha and Edema Fuludu, both certified netball instructors had called on the teachers to make sure that they promote the safety and welfare of their students by ensuring that they implement the safeguarding advice they have received during the netball training.
Additionally, the Director of Sports in Taraba State, Mr. George Shitta, had urged the participants to carefully listen to the teachings of the instructors, who have held similar basic netball training events in five different states of Edo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, and Bayelsa.
