Ifeanyi Ubah Football Tourney Slated for Oct. 20 Ifeanyi Ubah, is Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) youth sports’ ambassador All is now set for the Ifeanyi Ubah Inter-local Government Football Competition in Anambra State, scheduled to begin on October 20. The competition, according the organisers, is intended to bring together the local government teams and youths in an atmosphere of conviviality through the instrumentality of sports. The organisers noted that the qualifiers for the state final would begin at all the local government level on the opening day with the final slated for November 3 at Nnaka Stadium in Nnewi. The competition would give the players the opportunity to showcase their skill under the watchful eyes of international and local scouts that would be in attendance to look for talents while local clubs are also sending their scout to various centres. The grand finale will also see former Super Eagles stars like Austin ‘ Jay Jay’ Okocha, Victor Ikpeba, Kanu Nwankwo and their Ghanaian counterparts-Tony Yeboah, Abedi Pele, Anthony Baffour- playing for Ubah in front of a capacity crowd. Ubah, who is Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) youth sports’ ambassador and an avid supporter of football in the country, is using the competition to also empower the youths and points the direction to some the programmes he would use in developing the youth if elected the governor of the state. The oil and gas businessman has supported events like the Jay Jay Okocha Testimonial and the Kanu Testimonial that attracted superstars like Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Toure to mentor and talk to the youths on the need to take their careers serious. He has been a supporter of the Copa Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament since inception as well as the Emeka Anyaoku Football Classic. The senior and junior national teams have equally benefited from his sports philanthropy in the past.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:57:46 +0000
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