Nigeria education ministry dey consider bringing National Institute for Sports training inside federal Technical and Vocational Education and Training programme. Education Minister Maruf Tunji Alausa discuss di proposal with di institute director-general, Philip Shaibu, for Abuja, according to reports wey TVC News publish on 30 October and Voice of Nigeria publish on 31 October 2026.
Di immediate idea cover basic sports training, coaching and maintenance of sports facilities. Alausa say di integration go depend on di necessary approvals and programme arrangements. Na proposal wey dem still dey discuss; e no confirm say new national sports-training admission don open or say participants don already get places.
Di training fit use di institute centres across eight states, with courses wey fit last up to six months where e suitable, di minister talk. More consultations still dey needed to settle how di arrangement go work. So di possible locations and duration describe di plan wey dem dey consider, no be published timetable for every course.
Di wider education discussion include common curriculum wey dem develop with National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education, National Commission for Colleges of Education, sports experts and private sector. Di six areas cover sports and exercise science; coaching and development science; sports management and business; sports medicine and rehabilitation; sports technology and data analytics; and sports law.
Di framework aim to support universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to offer organised sports programmes beyond di usual physical education. For di vocational proposal, dem identify groundskeeping, pitch maintenance and games instruction as possible work paths. Di ministry argument be say building facilities also need people wey get skills to keep dem working.
Shaibu point to shortage of qualified games masters and certified coaches as problem for grassroots sport, and ask make dem include di institute basic training inside TVET. Di discussion connect education with di work behind sports performance. Di next major step na implementation framework wey dem agree on; di meeting itself no show completed recruitment, guaranteed work or new right to funding.