Declaring the session open, Engineer Habu Ahmed Gumel, president of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), advised participants to make good use of the knowledge acquired on completion while also inviting more stakeholders to partake in the course because of its quality and importance to the growth and development of sports administrators cum administration.
In a release signed by Phemmy Adetula, the spokesperson of the NOC, the course, an initiative of the International Olympic Committee through Olympic Solidarity and the National Olympic Committees is designed to equip sports administrators with the technical know how of the latest administrative structures that can deliver the support needed by the athletes, administrators and all relevant stakeholders. It is also expected to bring about change and improvement in their sports organisations.
The training is based on Managing Olympic Sport Organizations manual which comprises six chapters. The course requires a minimum of 9 residential (contact days and at least 6 distance-self-learning) with the course to be conducted over a maximum of 12 months.
