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About NIS

National Institute for Sports

The need for a formalized training of coaches was felt after Nigeria’s exposure to the Olympic Games of 1952, but it was much later that a serious effort was made at harmonizing the various sporadic coaching clinics all over Nigeria.

 

In November 1972, the Executive Committee of the National Sports Commission (NSC) officially endorsed the establishment of an Institute for the training of Coaches, sports Organizers and other sports functionaries. A Technical Sub-committee was set up to look into the training programmes of East European countries and other aspects that were influencing the progress recorded by these countries in sports. Consequently, an agreement was reached with the government of Germany on technical co-operation. Top Physical and Health Education professionals from Nigeria Universities as well as National and State Coaches in various sports were invited to Lagos to draw up a coaching programme for the country. The exercise was later concluded at the University of Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University); that marked the beginning of pilot courses organized under the auspices of the National Institute for Sports (NIS) in three centres namely the Universities of Ife and Ibadan as well as Ogbe Stadium, Benin.

 

Early in 1976, two German Experts: Mr. Hoerst Beyer and Professor H. Dubberke were dispatched to Nigeria. These Experts together with Mr. Heinze Marotzke, another German Expert who was already in Nigeria and Dr. Awoture Eleyae, then Principal of NIS, reviewed the Institutes’ curriculum. At that time, the construction work on NIS building had begun.  In order to run off more experimental courses and to check on the results of the earlier courses, it was found necessary to organize some temporary coaching academies outside Lagos but under the auspices of the Training Institute.  It must be mentioned here that also by May 1, 1975, the Executive committee of the NSC had promoted Dr. Eleyae to the post of Deputy Director of sports and Principal for the National Institute for sports.  He, Dr. Eleyae therefore, took on the management of the initial activities.  Professor H. Dubberke and Mr. Hoerst Beyer joined the team of Dr. Eleyae and Mr. Heinz Marotzke in February 1976.  The four officials went on to review the curriculum that was prepared in 1975.  As a result, they decided experimentally that; 8 sports would be featured for a period of one month.  Since the facilities were not adequate, at that time because of the cost of residence in Lagos, the courses were moved to three centres – University ofIbadan (Tennis and Wrestling), Ogbe Stadium Benin (Swimming) and the University of Ife (Athletics, Football, Gymnastics, Boxing, Volleyball and Weightlifting). A total of 280 participants were involved.  Lecturers and instructors were drawn from all over the country to supplement the four members of the institute and the activities of the national coaches in the sports that were featured.  After one month it was discovered that the curriculum for the coaching programme for the lowest grade of coaches could not be covered.

In 1987, the Minister for Sports, Air Vice Marshall Bayo Lawal (Rtd) set up a panel to look into the NIS challenges and make suggestions for improvement. The report and recommendations of the panel submitted in 1988 expanded curricular to a uniform period of 9 months for all courses and the administrative change in the headship of the Institute from Principal to Director.

In 2002, the 1988 report was reviewed in order to meet the accreditation requirements. The general observations and findings of the Expert Assessors necessitated the holistic review of the curriculum, a change in entry qualification; duration, mode of studies; and syllabus. The Assessors’ recommendation which was adopted by Council, restructured the courses to duration ranging from 12 to 24 months for Diploma and Higher Diploma courses depending on entry qualifications.

The Institute’s bilateral relationship with Australian government in (2001 – 2002), brought about the establishment of Athlete Development Programme. Hence, the National Institute for Sports was divided into two arms i.e. the Education/Research; and the Athlete Development Centres. The Education Centre located in Lagos is the Headquarter. It is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring production of top quality sports manpower and sport research while the Athlete Development Programme in Abuja was established to discover, harness and nurture young talented Athletes into high performing Elite Athletes.

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MANDATES OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SPORTS (NIS)

The NIS mandates as specified in the Decree – now an Act are as follows:

  • pursue the advancement of learning in specialized areas of sports development including management;
  • conduct specialized professional coaching courses and research at various levels of Sports;
  • run courses for top level policy makers and executors in the realm of sports administration with a view to broadening their conceptual and executive capacity and perspectives;
  • conduct seminars, workshops and other intensive programmes on a continual or ad hoc basis for sports administrators and coaches;
  • provide adequate technical facilities for the advancement of knowledge and skill in sports;
  • disseminate by way of learned publication the academic activities of the Institute;
  • engage in extracurricular activities towards the full development of the minds and bodies of sportsmen;
  • award certificates of attendance to those who participate in and attain a sufficiently satisfactory standard in any of the courses organized by the Institute;
  • organize courses of instruction and provide necessary facilities and other qualifications of such other professions allied to sports as the Council may determine and;
  • promote or undertake such other activities (not inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of this section) as the Council considers will help to further the objectives of the Institute.

STATUS OF THE INSTITUTE

 In July 1992, autonomy was granted the Institute under Decree No. 31. The first Governing Council inaugurated in August 1993 was chaired by Chief Ebun A. Faturoti. Between 2001 and 2015, the Institute had witnessed composition of five (5) Governing Councils. These Councils were headed by Chief Segun Odegbami (MON); Chief Valentine Ozigboh; Major General Lawrence Onoja (Rtd); and Col. I. I. Enonche (Rtd), Mni,who was appointed twice as the Council Chairman.  The seventh Council which is headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima was inaugurated on Thursday, 29th March, 2018.

The Institute currently exists as a Parastatal of the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development.

GIANT STRIDES

Over the years, the Institute has made giant strides in producing over Ten Thousand (10,000) Coaches and Sports Managers / Administrators who have proven their worth throughout the world. Ninety-eight percent of Nigerian Coaches are products of NIS. NIS products are predominantly found in the National, State, Local Government Council and Club levels.  Many of them are also found in the ECOWAS sub-region and other parts of Africa. NIS notable products include the Nigeria first Olympic Gold medalist, Police Supr. Chioma Ajunwa; 2000 Sydney Olympics 4 x 400 meters Silver medalist’s Coach, Abari Ga’anda; Eucheria Uche, the Coach of the Nigeria Senior Female Football team that won the South Africa 2010 African Nations Cup; Osita Egwim, the Coach of the Teakwondo Silver Medalist in the Olympic Games in China; former Super Eagles Coach, Ahmadu Shuaibu; FIFA Under-20 Silver Winning Team, Coach Musa Abdullahi; 1993 FIFA Under-17 Champion Coach, Coach Fanny Amun; 2007 FIFA Under-20 Silver Winning Team Coach, Coach Ladan Bosso; Commonwealth Special Sports Gold Medalist, Sunday Emoghavwe (MON); and Late Theophilus Yemi Tella (MFR) who led the Golden Eaglets to clinch the FIFA World Under-17 Soccer Tournament in Korea in 2007. In addition to the above, NIS Sport Management products abound in all sporting organizations in Nigeria.

The Institute consists of the following seven (7) Departments: The Heads of Departments are responsible to the Director for effective functioning of their respective Departments.

  1. Office of the Director General/CEO
  2. General Administration
  3. Coaching and Training
  4. Sports Management Studies
  5. Library 
  6. General Studies 
  7. Sports Science
  8. Entrepreneurship 
  9. Bursary

STRUCTURE OF THE INSTITUTE

The National Institute for Sports consists of the Sports Education and Research Centre which is located in Lagos. It is dedicated to the training of the needed manpower for effective functioning of sports as an Institution.

National Institute for Sports has been accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NABTE) to run the following programmes:

  1. National Diploma in Sports Coaching and Training – 2 Years
  2. National Diploma in Sports Management – 2 Years

In line with the Institute’s mandate the following regular courses are run by the Institute:

  1. BASIC COACHING COURSE
  2. BASIC FITNESS PROGRAMME FACILITATION COURSE
  3. ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN COACHING
  4. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY AND COACHING
  5. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT
    • Sports Business and Personnel Management
    • Sports Administration
    • Sports Marketing
    • Sports Journalism

The Athlete Development Centre located in Abuja which was conceptualized in 2002, for talent identification and development to ensure seamless flow of talents in National Teams was commissioned April, 2007.

Council directs the general policy formulation of the Institute.  It is responsible to the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development.  The Director who oversees the day to day administration is responsible to the Governing Council

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