The Nigeria Soccer Federation and the Common Fundamental Schooling Fee have agreed to a significant and fruitful collaboration that may see Nigeria difficult strongly for honours within the annual African Colleges Soccer Championship and in addition compel sporting infrastructure renewal in Nigeria’s pre-tertiary instructional establishments.
Throughout a courtesy name on the Govt Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi on Monday, President of NFF Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau defined that the annual competitors can spur infrastructural improve in Nigeria’s major and secondary colleges, result in discovery of skills even past the conceivable and guarantee Nigeria’s soccer future.
“The African Colleges Soccer Championship is for U13 and U15 pupils, and is organized by CAF. There are such a lot of advantages for the successful college, with a prize cash of $1million that might be used to offer soccer infrastructure for that faculty. I see no motive why our colleges mustn’t compete strongly, as triumph for one college within the nation may have a multiplier impact on different colleges.
“We’ve come to UBEC as a result of this matter falls squarely inside its purview. Final 12 months, the NFF labored with the Nigeria College Sports activities Federation to provide consultant colleges within the female and male classes to fly Nigeria’s flag, in our debut within the competitors. Nevertheless, we imagine we should always increase the scope and get extra colleges concerned, to have a really robust illustration and stand the prospect of successful each trophies,” Gusau mentioned. He additionally disclosed that the NSSF has concluded plans to kick off the state preliminaries of the female and male competitions this month, with the WAFU-B Match scheduled for Niger Republic in November, at which the WAFU-B flagbearers for the continental finals will emerge.
UBEC Govt Secretary, Dr. Bobboyi, praised the management of the NFF for the go to, and pledged the total co-operation of UBEC to the mission. “Infrastructural deficit is an enormous problem in our major and junior secondary colleges, and this mission will certainly assist to hurry up our personal efforts to revive the nice outdated days of ordinary services and gear in our colleges.
“Since 2018, we’ve got been making efforts to revive sporting infrastructure in our colleges, by interesting to state governments and offering the gear that we will. Many nations of the world particularly supply scholarships to athletes merely due to their sporting means. Sports activities assist youngsters to develop bodily and mentally, and we additionally should safeguard the way forward for sports activities by taking sensible steps to unearth skills from the colleges and the grassroots that may be nurtured for glory.”
Current as properly on the event had been NFF 1st Vice President, Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu; Basic Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi; Engr. Sadiq Sa’advert (UBEC Director of Bodily Planning); Ademola Olajire (NFF Director of Media & Communications; Okey Obi (NFF Director of Authorized Companies); Ruth David (NFF Director of Competitions); Dr. Funsho Usman (Secretary Basic, NSSF); Mrs Rose Medubi (Director, Tutorial Companies); Mr. Osahon Igbinoba (Director, PRS); Alh. Adamu Misau (Director, Finance & Accounts); Mr. Paul Agi (Director, Admin & Provides); Mr. Hashimu Ojah (Director, NSSF) and; Mrs Lydia Gbagyi (Desk Officer, Sports activities).
PHOTO 1: Gusau (proper) with Bobboyi.
PHOTO 2: Gusau, Bobboyi, Anyansi-Agwu and Sanusi with NFF and UBEC administrators on Monday.
