The third edition of #ShePlaysByAOA by @AsisatOshoala @AOAcademy held yesterday in Ajegunle , Lagos State.

Over a hundred girls were engaged & impacted in Football & Education sessions yesterday.

The event was supported by: @AoAcademy, @Nike & @Women_Win

Oshoala Academy Takes ‘SHEPLAYS’ Project To Ajegunle

April 2, 2023 5:27 pm

The Asisat Oshoala Academy will hold the third edition of “SHEPLAYS” project in Ajegunle, at the Nathaniel Idowu Football Pitch Lagos.

After 2 successful editions of the “Sheplays” project by the Asisat Oshoala Academy, which is in partnership with NIKE and Womens Win, the event has been carving a niche for itself in the Nigerian football environment, as it has continued to impact positively in the life of the girl-child in the country both in sports and education.

While the lucky girls who were admitted into the academy based in Lagos have been weekly exposed to the rudiments of football together with life skills training, the Asisat Oshoala Academy will on the 6th of April 2023 flag off the third edition of the SHE plays Project, which will be taken to Ajegunle at Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government.

Ajegunle's uniqueness lies in the fact that it is a concentration of all the many ethnic groups in Nigeria; Ajegunle is a Yoruba word which is broken down as Aje gunle meaning a place where riches dwell; in other words a land with raw and untapped treasures (Talents).

In past years it has produced notable entertainers, footballers, top socialites that includes Samson Siasia, coach of Nigeria’s Olympic Team, Biodun Obende who plays in Finland, former Watford striker Odion Ighalo, and former Super Eagles defender who is now a pastor, Taribo West and Emmanuel Amuneke, former African Footballer of the Year.

The SHE Project, an all-encompassing initiative, is designed as Sports Intervention, Humanitarian Intervention and Educational Intervention program for the targeted communities.

Over 500 students are expected to be mentored , and also engaged in AOA lifeskill education program, football and other sports.