..... appoints coaches as team depart for Gabon.
The board of the Nigeria Handball Federation has approved and scheduled the U-12 and U-15 championship for Lagos in March whilst U-18 and U-21 to hold in Niger in October.
The Secretary General of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Maigidansanma, made this known in a statement on Sunday.
He said the decision was reached at the board's maiden meeting of 2018 and thanked the leadership of the federal ministry of Sports and Youth Development for it support to the handball federation.
The statement said the Handball League will henceforth be referred to as Premier League with 12 male teams taking part and 10 female teams which will commence in April while the Division one League is to start by July.
The meeting also fixed the 2nd edition of Governor Samuel Ortom Open Championship to December among other programmes.
The board also constituted seven standing Commissions to compliment the effort of the Board.
The commissions are, Arbitration and Ethics, Youth Development, Competition and Organizing, Marketing and Sponsorship, Coaching and Methods, Medical, Playing and Rules.
The board also approved the following appointments: Rafiu Salami, Bala Mohammed and Shittu Adewumi as Coaches for the Women Senior Team while Obi Fidelis and Emeka Nnamani Joseph are appointed as Coaches for the IHF U-20 male team.
John Obi and Stella Ndudi are to be in charge of IHF U-20 female team with Musa Mohammed as Goalkeeper Trainer for both male and the female teams.
The board also released the final list of the players to make the trip to the 2018 Nations Cup holding in Gabon from 17th - 27th January, 2018.
The Team Nigeria is expected to depart Nigeria on Tuesday 9th January, 2018 enroute Cotonou and Togo for acclimatization before jetting out to Libreville, Gabon on 14th January, 2018.
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