By Okechukwu Onuegbu
Awka
A football enthusiast, Mr Raymond Odenigbo, has urged parents to support their children especially the females to advance career in football.
According to Odenigbo, empowering young girls to develop skills in football and other sporting activities would enable them to live above their peers despite the economic challenges in the country.
Odenigbo, a staff of National Films and Videos Censored Board, who made the call in an interview at the Anglican Girls College, Nkpor, Idemili North LGA where the Anambra Football Kiddies Camp is ongoing, observed that talented footballers perform exceedingly in other endeavours if encouraged.
“I am a football enthusiast. That is why I enrolled my daughter in this Anambra Kiddies football camp powered by ex-coach and international football icon, Maureen Madu. I want my daughter to take after Madu. I want her to have knowledge of sports, education, politics and others. I will support her to reach to the zenith in her career in sports and so on. Parents should support their female wards to advance their career in sporting activities. Today’s Nigeria is not about education but the skills and creativity,” he added.
Also speaking, a veteran sports administrator, Mr Victor Nwangwu, appealed for support to Madu led Football Kiddies Camp, describing the initiative as a welcome development and a key to developing grassroots football.
Earlier, the erstwhile Coach of Super Falcons, Maureen Madu, said she was impressed on how parents and guardians were supporting their kids to participate on the ongoing football kiddies camp, which according to her, would be producing world champions in the nearest future.
Factcheckng reports that over 100 kids aged 10 to 15 are participating on the football training which is also featuring fitness drills, dance, sensitisations on drug abuse and others.
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