By Okechukwu Okechukwu

The Anambra State Sports Development Commission (ANSDC), weekend, urged the German professional sports club, Bayern Munich, to consider establishing an academy in the state to service the whole African continent.

The Chairman of the commission, Mr Tony Oli, who made the call at a press conference heralding the 2022 Bayern Munich Youth Soccer Championship holding at Awka City Stadium, assured that the State would provide the land and other facilities to the specifications of Bayern, including the enabling environment for the academy to progress.

Oli, who argued that sports academy would help to groom and showcase talented Nigerians and other African nationals to the world of soccer, explained that the call was in line with the vision of Governor Charles Soludo's administration to revolutionalise sports, and was also necessary because there was no existing Bayern Munich sports academy in Africa despite the contributions of Africans especially the indigenes of Anambra in sports development worldwide.

Responding, Mr Victor Obinna Edeh, the FC Bayern Youth Cup Nigeria Tournament Director, said the German Bundesliga side had Africa in mind in all its activities, hence introdcution of Youth Soccer Championship since 2018, and would at an appropriate time, consider bringing an academy to Africa as it did to other continents.

On the ongoing two day youth Soccer Championship holding at Awka, Mr Edeh said the programme which had brought FC Bayern legend, Coach Hans Pflugler and Christopher Loch was organised by Aspire Foundation, Voe Foundation and Anambra State Sports Development Commission, adding that at the end of the tournament, about 10 players would be selected to form part of 100 players that will represent Africa at the 2022 Bayern Munich Youth Cup Tournament in Berlin, Germany by October this year.

Edeh, who is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Voe Foundation, further explained that two of the teams participating on the tournament were from Anambra, the host state, while 8 others were from Lagos, Jos, Kano, Abuja and Enugu States in order to ensure that best brains were selected from across Nigerians irrespective of ethnic or religious inclinations.

Earlier, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Aspire Foundation, Dr Emeka Okeke, represented by the foundation's Director of Programme Design and Implementation, Mr Tobechi Onwubuche, disclosed that the sporting event was among the many projects including "My Anambra Football", he embarked upon with a view to produce more football champions from among talented Anambrarians.

Nigerians please let us give Peter Obi a golden opportunity to rule this country.

I believe Peter Obi will transform Nigeria.

Cyntie55:
Nigerians please let us give Peter Obi a golden opportunity to rule this country.

I believe Peter Obi will transform Nigeria.

U are beautiful! Just say a word, and it will be granted. I am very serious.

rtdCivilservant:

U are beautiful! Just say a word, and it will be granted. I am very serious.

Bloody simp

Nigerian politicians and rubbish...

Football in Germany didn't get developed by another country
They literally built sport as one of the major sectors in their economy...

Nigeria being one stupid country will always continue to depend on oil, steal till everywhere is dry, and then go ahead to borrow from China and pump it into dangote refinery...

Rastaramsey:


Bloody simp

I am not a Simp, but a retired civil servant.

Cyntie55:
Nigerians please let us give Peter Obi a golden opportunity to rule this country.

I believe Peter Obi will transform Nigeria.

How much money have you raised to make PDP delegates vote for him as their party's candidate?
Is that not the starting point to actualise your wish, assuming you are not just doing window shopping

rtdCivilservant:
I am not a Simp, but a retired civil servant.

How much of your time and pensions are you committing to her wish for Peter Obi to be PDP delegates' choice and president of our country