The Chief Executive Director of Vihiga Queens FC, Micheal Senelwa Ogada has said Club Licencing is the way to go in order to accelerate professionalism in Women’s Football.
Ogada said this on Monday after attending a Club Licencing Workshop organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) with support from FIFA in Cairo, Egypt.
The Club CEO together with other Vihiga Queens FC officials including Nelton Olule attended the Workshop aimed at professionalism in women’s football clubs in Africa. The officials of all the eight teams taking part in the inaugural TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League were part of the workshop.
“The minimum criteria set by FIFA and CAF for the Clubs that qualified for CAF Women’s Champions League are indeed a game changer in the running, governing and ensuring that Women Clubs are sustainable entities. It is a welcome move,” added Senelwa Ogada.
The objectives of the Club Licensing workshop included; Introduce the new CAF Women´s club licensing system and regulations to the clubs, explain the general objectives of the club licensing system, explain the club licensing criteria and requirements, understand the organization and structure of the participating clubs, Have one on one meetings with the clubs to evaluate level of compliance of club licensing, gather administrative, financial and competition information related to the participating clubs and provide support and advise on fulfillment of the club licensing requirements
Kanizat Ibrahim, the 5th CAF Vice-President and Chairperson of Women’s Football Committee said having strong women’s football clubs is a guarantee of quality in the future. “We owe it to ourselves to build a structure that respects standards and CAF is happy to support women’s clubs in order to improve professionalism,” added Kanizat Ibrahim.