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Nasarawa speaker sponsors 13 players to Ghana for football trials

Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Danladi Jatau, is sponsoring 13 football players from Kokona LGA to Accra, Ghana for football trials.

The Speaker disclosed this while addressing the players “Team Speaker” in his office in Lafia, the state capital on Tuesday.

He urged the players to be good ambassadors of Kokona LG, Nasarawa State and Nigeria while in Ghana and beyond.

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Jatau said that the  younger players emerged during the recent unity competition he organized for the youths of the 11 wards of Kokona LGA.

Daily Trust reports that it’s first of its kind in the history of Kokona LG, says Coach Bawa.

“The selection of these players emerged as a result of the Unity Competition that I have organized for the 11 electoral wards of Kokona LGA. The reasons why I have decided to organized the competition is first, for unity of our LG.

“Secondly, to discover talents among the youths, as you can see, we have discovered their talents through my competition. If I did not organized the competition, we won’t be able to discover their hidden talents” the Speaker said.

Earlier, Coach Bawa Mohammed A Umaisha, Director of Sports, ECOWAS Commission said that he was in the Speaker’s office to present the players to him ahead of their movement to Ghana on Saturday, November 16, 2024 while describing the Speaker’s gesture as first of its kind in the history of Kokona LGA.

 

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