NAFED unveils New Technical Crew, lists Sholademi, Ado, Aliyu, Umar, Gambo, others

In line with it’s resolve to have a good technical arm for effective management and better results starting from the year 2026 and beyond, the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Archery Federation ( NAFED ), led by Mohammed Baba Abdullahi, has set up an 8-member technical department that will see the Federation being at per with not only the rest of Africa but the world.
The team include,
1 Mr. Sholademi Damilola ( Technical Director ),
2 Ms. Hauwa Bindar ( Deputy Technical Director )
3 Aliyu A. Garga ( National Coach )
4 Umar Abdulhammid -Navy
( Director Training )
5 Mohammed Ado- Air Force
( Director Institution )
6 Ms. Gambo Buba
( National Event Coordinator )
7 Seun Ibrahim
( National Club Coordinator ) and Aliyu Abubakar
( National Captain).

You will recall that Nigeria at the tail end of 2025, participated at African Archery Championship in Cote D’Ivoire where Nigeria was represented by only six Archers and won medals.

The appointees were advised to be focused and ensure that Archery develops beyond it’s present standard in the country.

The Federation in addition released its calendar of activities for the year 2026 which kick-starts this January with NAFED exco board meeting in Abuja to be followed by the Nimes Archery championship in France before the Annual General Meeting ( AGM ) which comes up in Abuja in March 2026 to be followed by NAFED National individual Championship in April and the Archery World Cup in Mexico among others to round off the first quarter of the 2026 NAFED programme of activities.

With the type of calendar drawn up this year, Nigeria Archers have a very busy year ahead of them with every month having a local or international championship.

President of NAFED, Mohammed Baba Abdullahi, in reaction said the loaded calendar, is aimed at keeping Nigerian Archers busy all the year round as well as cover the lost ground caused by those who are against Archery development in Nigeria.