A former Nigerian international and Presidential aide, Daniel Amokachi “Da bull” has been appointed to oversee the organization of the maiden edition of Tinubu-Shettima Youth Football tournament.
This was made known by Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura who disclosed to the media that plans have reached advanced stage for the national competition to kick-off.
According to him, “The presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima Mustapha are sports enthusiasts who have been supporting youths and sports activities even before they ventured into mainstream politics.
“No country will prosper if its youths are not encouraged to seek for International stardom by displaying their talents in sports and many other fields of human endeavours,” he said.
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In his acceptance speech, Amokachi said the tournament was to support Tinubu’s presidential bid while discovering new talents.
“I have planned with FIFA/CAF Technical Instructor, Mohammed Ameenu amongst other stakeholders to organise the football fiesta tagged, “Unity Cup” with the main aim to support Tinubu/Shettima and to fish-out young and grassroots talents towards taking Nigeria to stardom and to play professional Internationally,” he said.
