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July 16, 2020
President of the Angola Handball Federation Pedro Godinho said Good player welfare, investment in training of coaches, strategic business partnerships with corporate bodies, and the right government policies have been identified as essential requirements for sustainable development of handball in Nigeria.
Godinho made the recommendation at a Webinar/Online Conference on handball development in Nigeria which also commemorates International Handball Week.
Godinho, who is also the second Vice President of the Confederation of Africa Handball CAHB, delivered a paper on How to develop the game of Handball in a country and making it a podium sport:
The Angolan Experience recommended a deliberate and effective sport structure as the foundation for the success of any sport.
He mentioned that the reason handball is big in Angola is that the government created an enabling environment for sports including handball to thrive and that conscious effort was done to ensure the growth of handball in the grassroots.