"Football Made in Anambra " initiatives : We are targeting the future ~ Ubah
The Anambra State born football entrepreneur Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah has stated that his target is to secure the future of our society and her people especially our young ones with "Football Made in Anambra " initiative which gears towards shifting our society from natural resources to human resources based economy.
The Anambra State FA Chairman Ubah, who made this known while answering questions from the members of the public at the weekend as a guest on Authority 104.1Fm (Radio) at Nnewi on ideas behind the project which is also known as " One Family One Footballer " , stated that his move with "One Family One Footballer " initiative is to secure the future of our young ones through deliberate programs that are predicated in nurturing their talents. We intend to allocate opportunities in the 177 towns of Anambra State " he said.
Ubah who earlier last year , presented the initiative to the visiting FIFA President Gianni Infantino at Abuja who responded with below statement :
"Whatever FIFA can do to encourage the project (Football Made in Anambra )and even produce more than 50,000 players in the country .
This is exactly the direction we want to see the member associations to follow and we are very happy that such a programme is coming from Nigeria " Gianni Infantino said .
The Anambra State born human capital developer , called on all stakeholders to key into the revolution that intends to create football culture in our polity.
When a caller Mr Emeka Okeke ask if the project is about just Ifeanyi Ubah as a person , Dr Ifeanyi Ubah responded :
" It is not about Ifeanyi Ubah , but about our society and future of our young ones . If we do not consider how to change the narrative towards nurturing these young ones into super stars , then the future will challenge our today .So ,I therefore urge all the stakeholder to be part of this quest to create human resources based economy "he said .
The MD of capital Oil and Gas went on to add that: " we must use football as a catalyst for economic diversification and here the issue of identifying and nurturing these young ones into super stars has become imperative" he said .
"I hate being on the sidelines. I want to not only see, but be part of those that will turn the hopeless situation of that child in one village to hopefulness through football development. Shifting the paradigm from the status quo to future that will pull down the wall of hopelessness to future that our actions today can translate into success story " Ubah said .
Football Made in Anambra is an initiative of Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah as FA Chairman of Anambra State which is geared towards taking football development campaign to villages in Anambra state by giving the young ones between the ages of 10-20 years the opportunity to play and be nurtured to stardom. The program kicks off in April 2017.
Ifeanyi Ubah Foundation is the organization that is behind the project in terms of funding .
Some of the projections of this program that intends to create the likes of Messi, Ronado, Hazard, etc is that the selected ones will join the Ifeanyi Ubah Football academy for continued grooming.
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