Ex- Green Eagles legendary goal keeper, Emmanuel Okala and veteran journalist/ CEO of Nigeria’s first sports radio station, Brilla FM, Larry Izamoje will lead other sports stakeholders and ex- internationals to the commercial city of Onitsha for the maiden Anambra State Supporters Club/ Fans hangout.
The event slated for October, 24 at the Omoba Learning Field, Omoba Layout, Onitsha is aimed at launching a well-structured, aptly focused, and goal oriented grassroots football movement in Anambra State,
According to the Chief Executive Officer of Bunubunu Cultural and Sporting Limited, Izuchukwu Udegbunam, organisers of the event who also doubles as the chairman of Anambra State Football Supporters Club, this remarkable project termed Anambra Football Supporters / fans hangout with the theme ” Echezonankeanyi’ which has received the blessings of Nigeria Football Supporters Club, National Youth Council of Nigeria Anambra State Chapter, and some local and international football supporting organisations is aimed towards establishing a well consistent database of football followership across Anambra State and beyond.
The database will be used to conduct affairs pertaining to promotion of local talents in football, fans welfare, businesses, social security and sporting structures.
He further explained that as a pioneer football supporters and fans congress in Anambra State, the huge importance of the project needs to be harnessed, as it promises to provide a viable platform for launching a comprehensive, harmonized, purpose driven, business-oriented and profitable football fans activities in the State.
“It is pertinent also to mention that the success of the project will provide the most reliable and robust research platform on the best method to replicate the effects of high rewards of the razzmatazz of international football leagues to the advantage of our local football industry.
‘ It will also show how best to utilize such intense passion on decisions relating to development and promotion of local talents in football, youths, tourism, local businesses, and urban planning interests; most especially on formulation of purposeful and sustainable grassroots football/ general sports development policies by the government”, he stated.
.”We’ve equally resolved to use the theme of the congress: “ECHEZONA NKEANYI” and other strategic programs of the project to remind ourselves that indeed charity begins at home and that while foreign replacements of big football stars like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo etc are daily being discovered and nurtured through a well structured grassroots football development program; our government and private sector must equally in the spirit of “ECHEZONA NKEANYI” quickly harness our budding local stars”.
Udegbunam also announced that all the Governorship aspirants in the state will be invited to the event to tell Anambra youths the plans they have for sports development as the November Governorship election of the state draws closer.
