Babangida Commend NDDC, GRASOF over U-17 Peace Cup

Former Nigeria worldwide Tijani Babangida has but lauded the Grassroots Sports activities Federation of Nigeria (GRASOF) and the Niger Delta Improvement Fee (NDDC) over the group and sponsorship of the forthcoming U-17 Peace Cup tagged Delta 2022 to be held in Asaba.

The previous Ajax winger who’s the present President of the umbrella Skilled Gamers Union of Nigeria(PPUN), mentioned the NDDC has proven through the years that could be a accountable physique by rallying assist for the youth and sport within the Niger Delta territory, including its partnership with GRASOF for the second version of the U-17 Peace Cup would additional deepened the event of soccer within the area.

“I’m so pleased that preparation is already at a sophisticated stage for the second version of the U-17 Peace Cup,” the 49-year-old Babangida mentioned yesterday. “I used to be on the ultimate of the final version of the Peace Cup in Uyo and it offers me immense pleasure that the organisers led by Comrade John Ekpeyong b are leaving no stone unturned to make sure one other profitable outing for this second version.”

The 1996 Olympic Soccer Gold medal winner with Nigeria, additional mentioned organisations resembling NDDC deserved praises for sponsorship of sporting occasions because it was not initially their core mandate at the same time as he enjoined the brand new management of the parastatals to proceed to assist the initiative by GRASOF.

“After all, I’m proud of what the NDDC is doing for soccer as a result of as a product of the youth soccer system, I do know that we will’t have new gamers with out sourcing them from the grassroots,” he additional mentioned

And with out a match of this magnitude such because the U-17 Peace Cup, it will be tough to get high quality gamers that we will depend upon sooner or later.

“Let me use this chance to congratulate the brand new administration of the NDDC and I pray they proceed to assist GRASOF within the job of unearthing new gamers by the organisation of what’s now an annual U-17 Peace Cup for states within the Niger Delta territory,” he added