Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should endorse the Cowbell
Football Academy (CFA) as substitute for the lacking conveyor chain required
for the national football teams in the country. Dr. Larry Izamoje, Chairman
and CEO of Sports Radio, Brila FM, who gave the advice in Lagos, said that
the challenges currently confronting the nation’s football teams was as a result
of the gap existing between those teams and the grassroots football.
The frontline sports authority gave the advice at the
closing ceremony organised for the CFA Summer Camp 2015 held at the Main Bowl
of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Izamoje, who was impressed by the quality of training young
footballers were exposed to during the Camp, said without corporate support for
the game of football in Nigeria, it will be difficult to get the perspective
right.
His Words: “The people in the Glass House should endorse
this laudable initiative behind the Cowbell Football Academy. They should use
it as a replacement of the conveyor chain for the national teams, which of
course, is not there at the moment. Without corporate support, it is difficult
to do things like this.”
CFA is an initiative of Multisports Services &
Entertainment Limited and sponsored by Cowbell Milk, produced by Promasidor
Nigeria Limited.
Earlier speaking at the occasion, Barrister Seyi Akinwumi,
the Vice President of NFF said that the event, meant for youth development was
close to his heart.
He acknowledged that there are very few credible youth camps
comparable to Cowbell Football Academy Summer Camp in Nigeria. As a result, he
said: “The Football Association will not send youth to any Summer Camp that is
not credible like CFA’s.”
He therefore promised that NFF will continue to support the
initiative by Cowbell towards youth development in the country.
Meanwhile, Mr. Abiodun Ayodeji, Category Manager – Diary,
Promasidor Nigeria, disclosed that the company created the avenue to allow
the youth to express their ambitions. He stated: “We don’t see this as a cost;
rather we see it as our own contribution to the youth development in Nigeria.
It is about helping to bring out the hidden treasures for the benefit of the
nation. We will be there to support platforms like this.”
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